tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78489830656177038452024-03-18T14:10:48.166-07:00Philip Pugh's Astronomy BlogPhilip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.comBlogger536125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-37055464758595708372024-03-01T17:42:00.000-08:002024-03-18T14:10:11.978-07:00March 2024<p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">March 18th Moon Reprocessed</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I reprocessed a Moon photo from September 4th 2004.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrg1jtRaJFaVZkOEXuCovr1hkLePirV6asQNBqRZ-aeZsMBXokaUFeZURyKhcaWxzMf8Pm3xQt65DBJiCaNvjcPi_D1cZxj3Od25JWvrKt6WaQda34cKRDSUORf0e7Lqu5juEIy1OqyD30ztYnHqi4Wcx6PSn7p7ldfLY-9pFvitwlgOfO8AIc-WL/s1024/MoonSep3rdf2004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="769" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfrg1jtRaJFaVZkOEXuCovr1hkLePirV6asQNBqRZ-aeZsMBXokaUFeZURyKhcaWxzMf8Pm3xQt65DBJiCaNvjcPi_D1cZxj3Od25JWvrKt6WaQda34cKRDSUORf0e7Lqu5juEIy1OqyD30ztYnHqi4Wcx6PSn7p7ldfLY-9pFvitwlgOfO8AIc-WL/s320/MoonSep3rdf2004.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">March 17th Moon Reprocessed</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I wasn't happy with the Moon photo I took two days before, so I reprocessed it.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1bBaRcrffxyFBsaV-X7-dldq6un2iIEHhfcv8LUD6M755emvbRztMIC75pqa6XsDans_p8Xz9NvVofhVKhjVJfmjDG-OQWjaeqT9r0PcdajsKKKpUijNKTTwkCIgpbFqy6iEyu2If5Raz421NnKvGxvDfB43o5_A9ahC6wvyUuwiuNvO0S2c1aD9B/s3416/MoonMarch15th2024_01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3416" data-original-width="2447" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1bBaRcrffxyFBsaV-X7-dldq6un2iIEHhfcv8LUD6M755emvbRztMIC75pqa6XsDans_p8Xz9NvVofhVKhjVJfmjDG-OQWjaeqT9r0PcdajsKKKpUijNKTTwkCIgpbFqy6iEyu2If5Raz421NnKvGxvDfB43o5_A9ahC6wvyUuwiuNvO0S2c1aD9B/s320/MoonMarch15th2024_01.JPG" width="229" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I also processed Moon shots from September 1st 2004.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hLsAuxezGgrB8ErPoyigcUB6eSnvv7-aXetVJdYS2SHQY_YAvpLrm9N3OE3IqoxCyQIwvLC81qrYxZuNz-qNYkU_Q7pFO6PgSN-q9tskJo2Litgv3mBOsUyZwM9qfE5HsXfnT4B4QgS8xnLC7V0MvHQz8hM6mUeLxzGyQK48XnKHDSHY54PYfdPs/s682/MoonSep4th2004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="682" data-original-width="636" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6hLsAuxezGgrB8ErPoyigcUB6eSnvv7-aXetVJdYS2SHQY_YAvpLrm9N3OE3IqoxCyQIwvLC81qrYxZuNz-qNYkU_Q7pFO6PgSN-q9tskJo2Litgv3mBOsUyZwM9qfE5HsXfnT4B4QgS8xnLC7V0MvHQz8hM6mUeLxzGyQK48XnKHDSHY54PYfdPs/s320/MoonSep4th2004.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvHslPtKIkfSARS5nVhFk_ln2qz5re-uoHVkLHggKrma6xKhkVwhxeX3Asa8fCa4O7eiAeVFTPSFiVhjs-_uS0HSZdQLCPYnuIijcSf_icNeeqWUJBBjUMXp25xXiCXuWI7SFtWZ1LczUrzehfdE9rJiLFtjc6Q0iGm1ak9QG64Akdla7RwO1yhWA/s470/MoonSep4th2004_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="470" data-original-width="386" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMvHslPtKIkfSARS5nVhFk_ln2qz5re-uoHVkLHggKrma6xKhkVwhxeX3Asa8fCa4O7eiAeVFTPSFiVhjs-_uS0HSZdQLCPYnuIijcSf_icNeeqWUJBBjUMXp25xXiCXuWI7SFtWZ1LczUrzehfdE9rJiLFtjc6Q0iGm1ak9QG64Akdla7RwO1yhWA/s320/MoonSep4th2004_01.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">A close-up from October 2nd 2024 showed much better results.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYWjR5Tus00Av3B1b_KX4VL8POu1Aca589LjCCNHUNyUMzLv3JO9vELABCjM4RyTQIW5p9jdrWTlK4OhDSDUgiSWwvrDWJ6uu7vWOqRBt790UCo-S-V8WFyOo8Kk2BpjqNkpJelRdLGQWELhhJdkGR2120czgxMYtSlh9qM0kPu295399psuAcEnq/s759/MoonOct2nd2004.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="447" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaYWjR5Tus00Av3B1b_KX4VL8POu1Aca589LjCCNHUNyUMzLv3JO9vELABCjM4RyTQIW5p9jdrWTlK4OhDSDUgiSWwvrDWJ6uu7vWOqRBt790UCo-S-V8WFyOo8Kk2BpjqNkpJelRdLGQWELhhJdkGR2120czgxMYtSlh9qM0kPu295399psuAcEnq/s320/MoonOct2nd2004.jpg" width="188" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">March 15th 2130 GMT Moon <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I snapped the Moon with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal
length, ISO 100 and 1/160 second exposure. I tried some closer shots but my
back started hurting.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv41GKqb-ck3ci6THPl4YU0DaTUKEjTI-lgB3wn8M8z-iZV6cUc60GznuNbLZ3HCfIYBzypV1WWzbk0Ak-sFl27aYgGXHr1bEW-RMKbB75gHp5CsnZ7se63T-JLjOZZBvTa4s2cer9YSgpgNyHDcrdxaxue-d2K-W3pG0km3u8Im8ful_OR0cTRoDi/s3420/MoonMarch15th2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3420" data-original-width="2492" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv41GKqb-ck3ci6THPl4YU0DaTUKEjTI-lgB3wn8M8z-iZV6cUc60GznuNbLZ3HCfIYBzypV1WWzbk0Ak-sFl27aYgGXHr1bEW-RMKbB75gHp5CsnZ7se63T-JLjOZZBvTa4s2cer9YSgpgNyHDcrdxaxue-d2K-W3pG0km3u8Im8ful_OR0cTRoDi/s320/MoonMarch15th2024.JPG" width="233" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">March 15th 1930 GMT Moon with Jupiter</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I snapped the Moon and Jupiter with my phone camera.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMeuTV2QtoRXU-C0neSgtAEkzCp9jIzkkE6wgRO9Aol84-ulZUlbW5kMfHA2Nt84LY-WCs4WLrxEtHjgupoUCf41OjcPcReHVcclHisK-0nmCUw6o5gN0NflV6fsv1GJCLWUHeV-ADOAqvJSRMvYywXqePT_SRN4jX20EAKDCZpoNRjzaS_R_jbYbZ/s4080/MoonWithJupiterMarch15th2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="2296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMeuTV2QtoRXU-C0neSgtAEkzCp9jIzkkE6wgRO9Aol84-ulZUlbW5kMfHA2Nt84LY-WCs4WLrxEtHjgupoUCf41OjcPcReHVcclHisK-0nmCUw6o5gN0NflV6fsv1GJCLWUHeV-ADOAqvJSRMvYywXqePT_SRN4jX20EAKDCZpoNRjzaS_R_jbYbZ/s320/MoonWithJupiterMarch15th2024.JPG" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">March 13th 1835 GMT Moon <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There was a bit of clearing sky at dusk. I snapped the Moon
with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/200 second exposure.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVoZxeaWqhO_G6MctNp0F2z0BGmlsi7MBI11EecHJaCTLtBNTE9Vs9-OuCa3ocLDqVwupr8sDcPYS1kOsDUiTqqXfGJySXWDWuZMe21cSns1d-qkr8AQdrR13yyixpIdbK-sPn807wuiFz71XnkjI0efDiPKpx93jpZlYomTQVIlaGMCoVnShcDFo/s633/MoonMarch13th2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="633" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZVoZxeaWqhO_G6MctNp0F2z0BGmlsi7MBI11EecHJaCTLtBNTE9Vs9-OuCa3ocLDqVwupr8sDcPYS1kOsDUiTqqXfGJySXWDWuZMe21cSns1d-qkr8AQdrR13yyixpIdbK-sPn807wuiFz71XnkjI0efDiPKpx93jpZlYomTQVIlaGMCoVnShcDFo/s320/MoonMarch13th2024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">March 6th 1930 GMT Comet or not, revisited<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I started earlier, while the last haze of dusk had nearly
gone. I also moved further away from the streetlights. I had concentrated my
search in the wrong part of the sky the evening before, although it was
probable that I had my binoculars in the right place more than once.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I started with Jupiter again, to focus my binoculars but
only saw one moon this time. I moved to the Andromeda Galaxy and searched
slowly towards the horizon. It took several tries before I saw a fuzzy patch on
a hazy part of sky. It looked nothing like a comet, more like a globular star
cluster or galaxy. It looked not that different from the Pinwheel Galaxy in
Triangulum. With the background haze, it was not possible to photograph it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It was hazy near the horizon all around the sky. The Tau
Canis Majoris cluster looked very sparse, showing only the brighter stars, as
did M41, the other notable star cluster in Canis Major, not far from Sirius.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I revisited the objects from the evening before viewing the
Beehive cluster.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">March 6<sup>th</sup> 1230 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The sky was clear but my binoculars could still only detect
the two sunspots I had seen the day before.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-ejUdUbZxqwsTMheoE4ryknL7yUcLEo3Az9eDAYCd1r5fsRRw42cUgLxcHsU2ls5ZNjn4OYda2zXziv7HZEgVW2O8eJuKqE9CftjLIPeXiPvuZsaHz3a031Cwbt11dqrOkG8flOxoPWYKrjOVRfxa9DhyphenhyphenzYCR67EkaRHNGWJc3fTRV494fXmJl0V/s2106/Sunspot%20Drawing%20March%206th%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2106" data-original-width="1955" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjH-ejUdUbZxqwsTMheoE4ryknL7yUcLEo3Az9eDAYCd1r5fsRRw42cUgLxcHsU2ls5ZNjn4OYda2zXziv7HZEgVW2O8eJuKqE9CftjLIPeXiPvuZsaHz3a031Cwbt11dqrOkG8flOxoPWYKrjOVRfxa9DhyphenhyphenzYCR67EkaRHNGWJc3fTRV494fXmJl0V/s320/Sunspot%20Drawing%20March%206th%202024.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">March 5th 2015 GMT Comet or Not<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It was rather later than I intended and the expected
position of Comet Pons-Brooks was too low to see from the back garden. I went
out the front of the house where there were more streetlights. OK, being a
newbuild estate, the lights were the sort astronomers campaigned for but I lost
about half a magnitude.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I used Jupiter's moons to get binocular focus and saw 2
moons to the south west.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Andromeda Galaxy was clear, despite being low. I figured
that the comet would be about the same brightness as the Pinwheel Galaxy in
Triangulum. I could see it but only just but then I knew where to look. I tried
hard but could not see the comet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">As I was outside, I looked at the deep sky objects. Melotte
20, a very reliable star cluster, showed well, as did the Seven Sisters
(Pleiades) and Hyades, although I cannot get them in the same field of view in
my binoculars. I could see the Orion Great Nebula and M35, a star cluster in
Gemini.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I checked Betelguese and it appeared brighter than recently.
It was magnitude 0.6. This was unexpected, as most red giant variable stars
fade and brighten smoothly. Maybe the apparent fade was due to light cloud,
rather than the star dimming.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">March 5<sup>th</sup> 1240 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There were plenty of small sunspots visible on the
professional observatory images but only the two largest and darkest were shown
by my binoculars and filters.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sOcsVwcF5UpW1990nlP_j0rsJvSFwju5BOGBgf9RdJtgS6iwPSE21YEMfUpX_6HNGSk2a1qXa802DqIUl7n6eLkSZngymXUuGayRVUE4u09UdVoZ2dq77BP-513s5gP2GCZ35rRpKmtzp6h8YbbxXOWy8awmG2c1yZF-iqyDComIgmh7FpjbM23p/s2106/Sunspot%20Drawing%20March%205th%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2106" data-original-width="1955" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2sOcsVwcF5UpW1990nlP_j0rsJvSFwju5BOGBgf9RdJtgS6iwPSE21YEMfUpX_6HNGSk2a1qXa802DqIUl7n6eLkSZngymXUuGayRVUE4u09UdVoZ2dq77BP-513s5gP2GCZ35rRpKmtzp6h8YbbxXOWy8awmG2c1yZF-iqyDComIgmh7FpjbM23p/s320/Sunspot%20Drawing%20March%205th%202024.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">March 3rd 0845 GMT Sun <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It was unusually sunny, so there was only one thing to do. I
took my Mak and DSLR outside and tool some photos at my usual settings of 1.54m
focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 seconds exposure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEu7CN4C3q6JeBtT2_Z59muJQ4aty4em9HAskfaNHycv0JGWfNeNRT6k9Ju91IJG8TjhY_8jDzScGYfTGx2j7U8rD3E700pePuTLGu6qWCSVzhfSEcH1dY1vAG46Ub2RSWSQ68QZexcKyAngY-prdilki6NsMkNOWJgqS6PpPIRn7e41Fx40Wa_7UY/s3800/SunMarch3rdd2024_01.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3784" data-original-width="3800" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEu7CN4C3q6JeBtT2_Z59muJQ4aty4em9HAskfaNHycv0JGWfNeNRT6k9Ju91IJG8TjhY_8jDzScGYfTGx2j7U8rD3E700pePuTLGu6qWCSVzhfSEcH1dY1vAG46Ub2RSWSQ68QZexcKyAngY-prdilki6NsMkNOWJgqS6PpPIRn7e41Fx40Wa_7UY/s320/SunMarch3rdd2024_01.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I zoomed in to 4.62m focal length and increased the exposure
to 1/50 second and took two sets of regional shots.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySOn0lU2JFcXP37H-8vKhyphenhyphenz0ualsSobL1IL5dOrMF4EY7uAz8qhWEawhrXoYDO489WMIvTrBvimzR4AlW08akAJaqjcqwv9yROZbct6DONTid77kgXqUAhf0ayVZC2p2XVUoMkJp8XRVT6WKrHsfERdQ7JB4hq-cuTN1SgIVvebMqeBX2DsPvCsME/s5978/SunMarch3rdd2024_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3284" data-original-width="5978" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjySOn0lU2JFcXP37H-8vKhyphenhyphenz0ualsSobL1IL5dOrMF4EY7uAz8qhWEawhrXoYDO489WMIvTrBvimzR4AlW08akAJaqjcqwv9yROZbct6DONTid77kgXqUAhf0ayVZC2p2XVUoMkJp8XRVT6WKrHsfERdQ7JB4hq-cuTN1SgIVvebMqeBX2DsPvCsME/s320/SunMarch3rdd2024_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUeyj4smujBhJIoHKiqfqUk7QMraqQXfMe3Bg1wEB2Mjq5LOL9bVl30GJR_j7y9IWgcON7g1P3DlbcEoUV9GRkXCFIIzbqjLm7hdQuvrHRGyuCa-Zj4L5S_UwzylFg-roPok2xG7f9xJY1f0Wf3on6ZR6WMq4bM0ozc66vNz0NcRGftw2xfAUiVXX/s3999/SunMarch3rdd2024_03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3999" data-original-width="3757" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggUeyj4smujBhJIoHKiqfqUk7QMraqQXfMe3Bg1wEB2Mjq5LOL9bVl30GJR_j7y9IWgcON7g1P3DlbcEoUV9GRkXCFIIzbqjLm7hdQuvrHRGyuCa-Zj4L5S_UwzylFg-roPok2xG7f9xJY1f0Wf3on6ZR6WMq4bM0ozc66vNz0NcRGftw2xfAUiVXX/s320/SunMarch3rdd2024_03.JPG" width="301" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">March 2nd 2200 GMT Constellations <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-weight: normal;">I used a short exposure of Leo as a test.</span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvkApk90Rr6JwbkioUdIHCBorMigDEmR1iJAweEAb7aaM53RUgsYVhHPwBbYNZSljyr4NMNu2GB_kw6n1YoOlCrb9McUOC1hUR2ZqZzFPtflbcKt6poQnu_kYb667x1c1K7xmuJCaqfJoygrHM2ZoATqnuPrTlRX9desQ5FCwpp0E6nVO6BrWCOgw/s3339/LeoMarch2nd2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="3339" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpvkApk90Rr6JwbkioUdIHCBorMigDEmR1iJAweEAb7aaM53RUgsYVhHPwBbYNZSljyr4NMNu2GB_kw6n1YoOlCrb9McUOC1hUR2ZqZzFPtflbcKt6poQnu_kYb667x1c1K7xmuJCaqfJoygrHM2ZoATqnuPrTlRX9desQ5FCwpp0E6nVO6BrWCOgw/s320/LeoMarch2nd2024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I retried the failed Lynx shot of the evening before using
the same settings. It is at top centre of the photo, with Cancer near the centre and Leo Minor to the left. There are also parts of other constellations.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODH1d6uJ4pJSf-O9U9o01zI7g3vT84OAZGIX8lji8kdtdGdjcvKltmOQiApKL-Ryf2X8hmCG_NRtFYRjVYyVSz-Uls9miVFqHLDRMooVEoyHi7VaF6dUaPMteGaAXAgdAhAudQ1hXNZLi0jdUVOc_152Jv0l6jnULd9BxgZefQ2LSpzskoituKCfx/s6016/LynxLeoMinorCancerMarch2nd2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgODH1d6uJ4pJSf-O9U9o01zI7g3vT84OAZGIX8lji8kdtdGdjcvKltmOQiApKL-Ryf2X8hmCG_NRtFYRjVYyVSz-Uls9miVFqHLDRMooVEoyHi7VaF6dUaPMteGaAXAgdAhAudQ1hXNZLi0jdUVOc_152Jv0l6jnULd9BxgZefQ2LSpzskoituKCfx/s320/LynxLeoMinorCancerMarch2nd2024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">I then went for the head of Hydra. Catching the whole
constellation is rather difficult if not impossible. As only a small part of
Hydra was visible, so I went for that.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHlPDBHScrqdM8QB0SgSfsz5mAREnIWGL3VGypqaOuCv5cYf0WYQI3JiL0-EWZpWwRCuVsj1DK-QdtVZBEu3BPvYNZFLYx9dwwiyG2CfvHwxapsgbTMJfcdKdJUuWpVZ23cYURkQjFXaNsIh_k_Y6NPsXhCQ9gZS4YY3AUt7UD1id9iF5Iihf_xMjR/s4405/HydraHeadMarch2nd2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3262" data-original-width="4405" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHlPDBHScrqdM8QB0SgSfsz5mAREnIWGL3VGypqaOuCv5cYf0WYQI3JiL0-EWZpWwRCuVsj1DK-QdtVZBEu3BPvYNZFLYx9dwwiyG2CfvHwxapsgbTMJfcdKdJUuWpVZ23cYURkQjFXaNsIh_k_Y6NPsXhCQ9gZS4YY3AUt7UD1id9iF5Iihf_xMjR/s320/HydraHeadMarch2nd2024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I also tried capturing the Plough with my phone camera more
in hope than expectancy. I didn't catch anything.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">March 2nd 2204 GMT Meteor<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I was having another go at photographing the minor
constellation Lynx when a bright mag 1 meteor flashed south west through
Cancer. It was probably an Anthelion and the first I had ever seen.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">March 2nd 2130 GMT Orion <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I took some shots of Orion with my phone camera. I needn't have bothered, as I did not record any stars.</span><o:p></o:p></p></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">March 2nd 2050 GMT Betelguese </h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We had just returned to the house. The sky was quite clear
but not perfect. Betelguese was noticeably fainter than Procyon and not much
brighter than Aldebaran. It had faded to a magnitude of 0.7, maybe a shade
fainter.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">March 1st 2040 GMT Lynx and Camelopardalis</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I wanted to photograph two faint and difficult
constellations. Lynx is difficult and Camelopardalis is, well, worse. It was
not perfectly clear but I saw some of Lynx. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I used my normal constellation setup of my DSLR at 18mm
focal length, ISO 800 and 30 seconds exposure, then took some darks and hoped.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I hoped in vain, as the focus was out.</p><br /><p></p>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-45104819677859130922024-02-03T00:54:00.000-08:002024-03-01T14:55:45.262-08:00February 2024<div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">February 29th 1910 GMT Jupiter's moons <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It was hardly clear but I poked my head out the back door
and saw Procyon and Sirius. Jupiter was high in the west and I tried to capture
its moons.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyjfQkyxtd5CDMGDdRW5ERlB3g1GKEWDX9wA4N3SiF7YLUsAMDUPLzBsQPj59bcWKv4nFSEBZ18KzIOuLLrp7Tv_uwIpBQV_ykjo36LrPJGhKPzIWVa32X0YcHE0G_Z2JqXdOw2lt2EhE3B0nBQUWP6ixkyPQRV12rf2FMx9QKEuRtk5kU_-ws2fP/s616/JupitersMoons29thFebruary2024.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="489" data-original-width="616" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtyjfQkyxtd5CDMGDdRW5ERlB3g1GKEWDX9wA4N3SiF7YLUsAMDUPLzBsQPj59bcWKv4nFSEBZ18KzIOuLLrp7Tv_uwIpBQV_ykjo36LrPJGhKPzIWVa32X0YcHE0G_Z2JqXdOw2lt2EhE3B0nBQUWP6ixkyPQRV12rf2FMx9QKEuRtk5kU_-ws2fP/s320/JupitersMoons29thFebruary2024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">February 24th 2110 GMT Moon <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Despite a clear late afternoon, it was very hazy and only
the Moon and brighter stars were visible. I used my DSLR at 300mm focal length,
ISO 100 and 1/1600 second exposure.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6hV7rLxF907n2224zlmYN-D8eYXr4QBV1uTGZPmed88KnvYK1uyqhUi5nv7oQBB9J3XYTYoKM7H4SABf2OtUm-iJ_y5O9Htk_a7_OvQniEphXxaJtwZ7zmlVqlDbtPDD2oq7pTaD4W4Rr8dpxRO0yKiBAG6Uvn-Ge6pEbpHgMOTuHnhqiT42jDgk/s721/Moon24thFebruary2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="721" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6hV7rLxF907n2224zlmYN-D8eYXr4QBV1uTGZPmed88KnvYK1uyqhUi5nv7oQBB9J3XYTYoKM7H4SABf2OtUm-iJ_y5O9Htk_a7_OvQniEphXxaJtwZ7zmlVqlDbtPDD2oq7pTaD4W4Rr8dpxRO0yKiBAG6Uvn-Ge6pEbpHgMOTuHnhqiT42jDgk/s320/Moon24thFebruary2024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">February 24<sup>th</sup> 1600 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The sky unexpectedly cleared and the Sun was low, two low to
catch with my telescope. I saw the two sunspots I had seen in the past few days
but the smaller one was probably invisible as it rotated closer to the edge of
the solar disc.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbimKdGElP0lh6PHkKYiWAe-AG3gFMhItlMaKXfpp1gdquakpfWYTSNB0XMVYwsvhKUd0UVSDJVDHoN1LGhoEPEywYDjLaHCzXaNtc5ZUa9sWY4fJBWOAI57LMrF4VYRgeRuszAZ2vgSASer0lEjRWrhK4e6L5tfkgdGaMm4V6upmbuxLiU3OODOU/s2106/Sunspot%20Drawing%20February%2024th%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2106" data-original-width="1955" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbimKdGElP0lh6PHkKYiWAe-AG3gFMhItlMaKXfpp1gdquakpfWYTSNB0XMVYwsvhKUd0UVSDJVDHoN1LGhoEPEywYDjLaHCzXaNtc5ZUa9sWY4fJBWOAI57LMrF4VYRgeRuszAZ2vgSASer0lEjRWrhK4e6L5tfkgdGaMm4V6upmbuxLiU3OODOU/s320/Sunspot%20Drawing%20February%2024th%202024.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">February 23rd 2200 GMT Moon <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It was clear so with a nearly full moon. there was
only one object worth photographing. As the Moon was high in the sky, I needed
to be a contortionist to photograph it. I gave up and used my star diagonal.
Apart from a bit of light loss, it increased the focal length of the telescope.
It meant that I could not get the whole lunar disc into the field of view.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">My first set of shots were with my Mak and DSLR at about
1.65m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure. I tried stacking the two attempted full disc shots but it didn't work. However, I managed to stack 5 shots of each set.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddkDJOJGj1FraqwJnufptKnRKf_5mMRQCTKbjZSQoum92j_u_koteyFKOey9fRXiU0h91Hi5oHiG40VZZP9P0C9oVU-LCbv887uHt_K9huwFtkS24UICf-tpNzFY8_xwy8N_2zZqEweyxAi_rB_nt0tDviYNLzk6Ls8YnJD2OqNv5hUZx_GDZorP8/s4098/Moon23rdFebruary2024_01.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3586" data-original-width="4098" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgddkDJOJGj1FraqwJnufptKnRKf_5mMRQCTKbjZSQoum92j_u_koteyFKOey9fRXiU0h91Hi5oHiG40VZZP9P0C9oVU-LCbv887uHt_K9huwFtkS24UICf-tpNzFY8_xwy8N_2zZqEweyxAi_rB_nt0tDviYNLzk6Ls8YnJD2OqNv5hUZx_GDZorP8/s320/Moon23rdFebruary2024_01.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfkaWssU3LH-lvuMLeU3OKs3qVvgOkIXDx-4Ucxu5Dxe2dej0328Jy0qy8RaOzxzD6vmFPEC2WjZXcPNtKvxnriQQto1dO1efeCTkH9IKq7cyVvAIjwsdJKloOGRaVzL2gxoBGNTJaFY-fMQEZw2I6xwFdT85Pdp_N03CgM4eB0FMs4rFZJ0onxSK/s4109/Moon23rdFebruary2024_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3791" data-original-width="4109" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyfkaWssU3LH-lvuMLeU3OKs3qVvgOkIXDx-4Ucxu5Dxe2dej0328Jy0qy8RaOzxzD6vmFPEC2WjZXcPNtKvxnriQQto1dO1efeCTkH9IKq7cyVvAIjwsdJKloOGRaVzL2gxoBGNTJaFY-fMQEZw2I6xwFdT85Pdp_N03CgM4eB0FMs4rFZJ0onxSK/s320/Moon23rdFebruary2024_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I moved around the lunar disc, taking regional shots at
about 5m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/50 second exposure.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3J9FH9rNejePBppAH4f_Dv6skXm8aFILrdZ_X4AP-EjG-Cn8tWbOjUjC9ADBhohWG4rySb1Q5ihDHcqwsB6kA7wlxWMFCO6RMeqJ9gvt0zCGpABcyEPXoblHF46v36ukCS-HCTMysk7AsxtTzQ_la3hH6hCQbB5I1NoOb_QlAUU0OhCkzilVxDBnq/s6016/Moon23rdFebruary2024_03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3J9FH9rNejePBppAH4f_Dv6skXm8aFILrdZ_X4AP-EjG-Cn8tWbOjUjC9ADBhohWG4rySb1Q5ihDHcqwsB6kA7wlxWMFCO6RMeqJ9gvt0zCGpABcyEPXoblHF46v36ukCS-HCTMysk7AsxtTzQ_la3hH6hCQbB5I1NoOb_QlAUU0OhCkzilVxDBnq/s320/Moon23rdFebruary2024_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKb7jT9pg2YeMjTrb3Fvyt-yBwODuqpLEHfmtibvrYRBG1m3wLGowuSic9H_aI8f329ygX72RUQtmg2HTTNbvGaXPiUk0XOhL8ERu_A7VyM7EWvk1PicYpssp2X_fT5WBnsYHGR0MRGQ-j9zLJzWmn6i3bb3yy2nX-GXVcwq3dkWtBbm-bb16zFwjl/s6016/Moon23rdFebruary2024_04.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It was not perfectly clear but I was able to see the sunspot
pair I had seen 3 days before plus the small, faint one that I missed.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVLjrKkJwwrhI9O8bGYokPrbLuuhFcnb2wir1Z-6En1txWPTCbzC1SDKPAVxGbL_v-iNbf4tzl4w-FbIcwh3SWpr4d1YODD061qD4tYRjd-XketUAJdlwSchFlpRbIfZ5sV0BiFM54caM-TiFF83E5cENcD8m3QW6YzKBCqwMH8I7bFc2gYdqPGlJ/s2106/Sunspot%20Drawing%20February%2023rd%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2106" data-original-width="1955" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiVLjrKkJwwrhI9O8bGYokPrbLuuhFcnb2wir1Z-6En1txWPTCbzC1SDKPAVxGbL_v-iNbf4tzl4w-FbIcwh3SWpr4d1YODD061qD4tYRjd-XketUAJdlwSchFlpRbIfZ5sV0BiFM54caM-TiFF83E5cENcD8m3QW6YzKBCqwMH8I7bFc2gYdqPGlJ/s320/Sunspot%20Drawing%20February%2023rd%202024.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">February 22nd 1850 GMT Moon <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Moon was approaching full phase and it appeared very
bright. For once, the Corsham microclimate had worked in my favour! I ended up
photographing it with a very short exposure of 1/2000 second. I used 300mm
focal length and ISO 100.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3kiw4Fu1N8LBn03Hf058laIYWrcUjGfagt41rAeUchIOh1qvSW8OtmA1MXtu5bVxN90ikcWseyAh-PYnkMsvExXraE_vymAZO1fBvVyhMCksWj4fTTqm-H0dF3iuzpphBh41hN7a3_S2LO7juKWg-M5yPzZiT8hoy8NcSWS5Ud1qwd16u0f_aPaN/s726/Moon22ndFebruary2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="726" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY3kiw4Fu1N8LBn03Hf058laIYWrcUjGfagt41rAeUchIOh1qvSW8OtmA1MXtu5bVxN90ikcWseyAh-PYnkMsvExXraE_vymAZO1fBvVyhMCksWj4fTTqm-H0dF3iuzpphBh41hN7a3_S2LO7juKWg-M5yPzZiT8hoy8NcSWS5Ud1qwd16u0f_aPaN/s320/Moon22ndFebruary2024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I made an audacious attempt to photograph Jupiter's moons
handheld at 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 1/25 second exposure. I had managed to get it to work before and, although some images showed a nice, round Jupiter, I could not find any moons, despite my digital wizardry.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I then used my phone camera to attempt to capture the Moon
and Jupiter at a very widefield setting. I moved to 1.0 zoom and snapped the
Moon with Sirius and Procyon.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YamsB3CGCE3sjMZ6riD9fuiI0vI85T2gYfxOU7b9haT6FRe71LehFKf2moL3Wz-H4IkE5d0mGtLrb8NG4SRSWUAYOlF35eEgfS1OPx4i5JnlUh_EtZRgOcoHR3xDyka654Wwf_-EblNV29UtinvgG0bI1RN7o1EOtWZXhSpziODiPwXLsRljrmBa/s2560/MoonWithJupiter22ndFebruary2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_YamsB3CGCE3sjMZ6riD9fuiI0vI85T2gYfxOU7b9haT6FRe71LehFKf2moL3Wz-H4IkE5d0mGtLrb8NG4SRSWUAYOlF35eEgfS1OPx4i5JnlUh_EtZRgOcoHR3xDyka654Wwf_-EblNV29UtinvgG0bI1RN7o1EOtWZXhSpziODiPwXLsRljrmBa/s320/MoonWithJupiter22ndFebruary2024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcYSrxPEmv76JilaXJOQMpg1a4SwMA09CxLK-3ipGSbuSB2rFcQWAeCXOeCg9RZoM_WyeVEoDCmRoCetYEJ8Zit_NCbrrzymSMjReU0gOwdGsnRptExxPSvew7YZ8s8AMw1fzlpvLkF37pcKUvffK91cSbB81YoOhUxSCfF5gHsw0LR4FhRt-LyBnc/s4080/MoonWithProcyonAndSirius22ndFebruary2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2296" data-original-width="4080" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcYSrxPEmv76JilaXJOQMpg1a4SwMA09CxLK-3ipGSbuSB2rFcQWAeCXOeCg9RZoM_WyeVEoDCmRoCetYEJ8Zit_NCbrrzymSMjReU0gOwdGsnRptExxPSvew7YZ8s8AMw1fzlpvLkF37pcKUvffK91cSbB81YoOhUxSCfF5gHsw0LR4FhRt-LyBnc/s320/MoonWithProcyonAndSirius22ndFebruary2024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><span style="font-weight: normal;">Although not really within the spirit of using just a phone camera, I superimposed the photo of the Moon taken with my DSLR on both images.</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBi5cD7OUYq1p5ZpDuAh-J-KpsZaI3TrEpFLaenDQQc_F6AqcmV3Zj2_Hene9_2Knoii4upLsHvF6wJpyiaXRt4fGNTWkUDyfXFq614PmZx91ggoRIGxMiqoB0IyC1mm1xm9w-7DybvILMRtzP0ShfwCX1JHk2x9wFK5mmPpCxaxOEg1h5l2OtiQ4x/s2560/MoonWithJupiter22ndFebruary2024_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="2560" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBi5cD7OUYq1p5ZpDuAh-J-KpsZaI3TrEpFLaenDQQc_F6AqcmV3Zj2_Hene9_2Knoii4upLsHvF6wJpyiaXRt4fGNTWkUDyfXFq614PmZx91ggoRIGxMiqoB0IyC1mm1xm9w-7DybvILMRtzP0ShfwCX1JHk2x9wFK5mmPpCxaxOEg1h5l2OtiQ4x/s320/MoonWithJupiter22ndFebruary2024_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxJohn2z-AF9MqeA5W6b1TG5i89FxE-Y98miWLFcLPCNtMw21Xk_h0ovqS__eIflFoG0QixO8sBFgUTyeImNQxHexnBoY7LLkREQc46RiurPuKYH5BfAagD1F0tFSoJFOVDDjob1AJ2pR5JzHe0qxrfjD4rckhTD4sjdo2Rf56FRDSLIHv1QwLWJs/s4080/MoonWithProcyonAndSirius22ndFebruary2024_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2296" data-original-width="4080" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRxJohn2z-AF9MqeA5W6b1TG5i89FxE-Y98miWLFcLPCNtMw21Xk_h0ovqS__eIflFoG0QixO8sBFgUTyeImNQxHexnBoY7LLkREQc46RiurPuKYH5BfAagD1F0tFSoJFOVDDjob1AJ2pR5JzHe0qxrfjD4rckhTD4sjdo2Rf56FRDSLIHv1QwLWJs/s320/MoonWithProcyonAndSirius22ndFebruary2024_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I checked the brightness of Betelguese and it held steady at magnitude 0.6, the same as my previous estimate.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">February 20<sup>th</sup> 1220 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Was it really a whole week since I had seen the Sun? With
the 2023 weather persisting into late February, maybe it was no surprise!
Fortunately, despite hazy conditions, I was able to see two large sunspots,
although I did not see a slightly smaller one that was visible in the
professional observatory images.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8f1xLqK0UdTZrxtZRNzVBQ-b33_shPJF_YoD4jHUc4VspR4yjgVJ8Aacitn2NeMMDC0erl10K9afgy-Chu44alnePmcezX2eygurQ0xMd30hBsTDtVI2VyGByN9zzIpAP1FkUzeYDCYn0JmWT596ZK5LQIz_HrZ1I5i0cAy6kpwlywpYs55ymb7e/s2106/Sunspot%20Drawing%20February%2020th%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2106" data-original-width="1955" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx8f1xLqK0UdTZrxtZRNzVBQ-b33_shPJF_YoD4jHUc4VspR4yjgVJ8Aacitn2NeMMDC0erl10K9afgy-Chu44alnePmcezX2eygurQ0xMd30hBsTDtVI2VyGByN9zzIpAP1FkUzeYDCYn0JmWT596ZK5LQIz_HrZ1I5i0cAy6kpwlywpYs55ymb7e/s320/Sunspot%20Drawing%20February%2020th%202024.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">February 18th 2010 GMT Moon <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Conditions were very similar to the evening before. I
discovered why my last Moon photos were overexposed. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4DZWt7J3tu22_hhJ_XEU96a9YwOYvjNmXGJF3dCHn1HuOuVW0dgAoBZcIzsdy7FFcEVMUtEtdkJw-O6b4fLXliBQQBkJkH4KdzF9_LIm-IPEXlPGpePtNq87rihIt1wzY7JM91Ua6AioiUrkCTxTdUwGBApURtO2ljdYkl1LP7TXcngMyESipX-XH/s754/Moon18thFebruary2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="545" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4DZWt7J3tu22_hhJ_XEU96a9YwOYvjNmXGJF3dCHn1HuOuVW0dgAoBZcIzsdy7FFcEVMUtEtdkJw-O6b4fLXliBQQBkJkH4KdzF9_LIm-IPEXlPGpePtNq87rihIt1wzY7JM91Ua6AioiUrkCTxTdUwGBApURtO2ljdYkl1LP7TXcngMyESipX-XH/s320/Moon18thFebruary2024.JPG" width="231" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">February 16th 2335 GMT Moon <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The sky cleared unexpectedly. The Moon was low in the west.
I tried several shots with my DSLR at 300mm focal length. ISO 100 and various
exposures down to 1/1000 second.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiweRB_5X8795SRyPtoRb7StPk61TqR0tXArSeUF0Tiz_-hm4hJMK1yZlNkOd8tiXPrZMjnAlXAIZDwx5MtgXi4N7oM5pgxbQkJ6R8VHq5-Oqfrgr1oDyqNeHRuEB5b2LOcJO2VpcoWoalWS5PFDRgr171jQLZ7ZbmQEucAhLMlKuG7wpnZewu1vpMR/s725/Moon16thFebruary2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="725" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiweRB_5X8795SRyPtoRb7StPk61TqR0tXArSeUF0Tiz_-hm4hJMK1yZlNkOd8tiXPrZMjnAlXAIZDwx5MtgXi4N7oM5pgxbQkJ6R8VHq5-Oqfrgr1oDyqNeHRuEB5b2LOcJO2VpcoWoalWS5PFDRgr171jQLZ7ZbmQEucAhLMlKuG7wpnZewu1vpMR/s320/Moon16thFebruary2024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I also saw Betelguese in the west and estimated its
magnitude at 0.6.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">With bright moonlight and some thin cloud, it was not a
night for deep sky photography. I had a binocular scan around the sky. The
Hyades were close to the Moon but I could still see most of the brighter
members of the cluster. The Pleiades were very close to the Moon and I could
only see six of their stars. Melotte 20, one of my favourite star clusters,
stood out quite well but I could not see M35. Moving east, I saw Melotte 111,
the large star cluster between Leo and Bootes. I also saw the Beehive cluster
in Cancer. Although it's stars were faint, under the conditions, the amazing
pattern was still visible. I saw the double star Mizar/Alcor in the Plough. I
saw the bright star Vega low in the east. The nearby double star Epsilon Lyrae
split easily.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">February 12th 1905 GMT Moon and Jupiter <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I snapped the two objects together with my phone camera.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xVo9VnHWJhyphenhyphenA7QSRKu7KTD2s8lDuOuhtiJgaYNuBp7BF6sdG4Wkp6yhamR7Y6l5mJUSmk_JP7fsUiqgnaSpC-s9aBY_J3OWFplm-pmJILsjHqkpNWKxncgNmLpLXvGcaEWcQOj2XuHKqBUgQlykHmkzhQuEQ-hptYXmyMt5p2HDt6tzl9YJ1o80W/s2275/MoonWithJupiter12thFebruary2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2275" data-original-width="1857" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xVo9VnHWJhyphenhyphenA7QSRKu7KTD2s8lDuOuhtiJgaYNuBp7BF6sdG4Wkp6yhamR7Y6l5mJUSmk_JP7fsUiqgnaSpC-s9aBY_J3OWFplm-pmJILsjHqkpNWKxncgNmLpLXvGcaEWcQOj2XuHKqBUgQlykHmkzhQuEQ-hptYXmyMt5p2HDt6tzl9YJ1o80W/s320/MoonWithJupiter12thFebruary2024.JPG" width="261" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">I composed the above image with separate ones of Jupiter and its moons and the Moon to obtain this composite image,</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgej3KMLAZqJ3IfH5F3h7JlXdbmLg-zQ7dGVT2wzvSfUa-P0Esyfh4TeLnuqfYxheJxEzNH_HiVay4UHKyRc7g-YYlh2QpzqeMSJ_MRP80Sk2WoPh6RUMx56L1ps-6E83s6m8XNAeVuEK4-PAogzuNdEzKjQiUbztuGb8Ii9czfk6GH8fLsj-MPd9jn/s2275/MoonWithJupiter12thFebruary2024_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2275" data-original-width="1857" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgej3KMLAZqJ3IfH5F3h7JlXdbmLg-zQ7dGVT2wzvSfUa-P0Esyfh4TeLnuqfYxheJxEzNH_HiVay4UHKyRc7g-YYlh2QpzqeMSJ_MRP80Sk2WoPh6RUMx56L1ps-6E83s6m8XNAeVuEK4-PAogzuNdEzKjQiUbztuGb8Ii9czfk6GH8fLsj-MPd9jn/s320/MoonWithJupiter12thFebruary2024_02.JPG" width="261" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">February 12th 2045 GMT Jupiter and Pleiades <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Conditions were a bit worse than the evening before. I set
my DSLR camera at 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 2 seconds exposure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I tried for Jupiter's moons and then the Pleiades.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkRfBl1SVNMt0z3IWhOwZIOZP40OusWYLyAWtZ5oBvCA8eP54abkoU7jgUC5BTY8vSYsyXGJYtp7ix4cYWiziosFhsX21AfuuJDxYxak17KGCVz1Red8-3TR5S7Yg5fUttcwMJvR-byuGUiOX-gKy7f5kSQAcX12UoryE__KV8JQprEBYiq5aJ03A/s655/JupitersMoons12thFebruary2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="583" data-original-width="655" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhkRfBl1SVNMt0z3IWhOwZIOZP40OusWYLyAWtZ5oBvCA8eP54abkoU7jgUC5BTY8vSYsyXGJYtp7ix4cYWiziosFhsX21AfuuJDxYxak17KGCVz1Red8-3TR5S7Yg5fUttcwMJvR-byuGUiOX-gKy7f5kSQAcX12UoryE__KV8JQprEBYiq5aJ03A/s320/JupitersMoons12thFebruary2024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAagZc5cVEtiYb7Z1bPF1G_i279Fj45HEYpst3IvmcVsQbHals1JRjzQ_DQJ85uaQa3kjindpI4yZsPvJ8p4ck3b5LzMciTzMrqsyRNfEvAH61F_O18y8tiweOYgHpTdJ9xUliN5NCh5WHgwggLGC_dsmTLymObx0QvE7oUBPQ_Kj450yAeWVbpQl/s6016/SevenSisters12thFebruary2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAagZc5cVEtiYb7Z1bPF1G_i279Fj45HEYpst3IvmcVsQbHals1JRjzQ_DQJ85uaQa3kjindpI4yZsPvJ8p4ck3b5LzMciTzMrqsyRNfEvAH61F_O18y8tiweOYgHpTdJ9xUliN5NCh5WHgwggLGC_dsmTLymObx0QvE7oUBPQ_Kj450yAeWVbpQl/s320/SevenSisters12thFebruary2024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">February 12<sup>th</sup> 1730 GMT Moon</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Moon, as the day before, was at a thin crescent phase but had grown a bit and I was able to photograph more details. I used my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/250 second exposure.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLFqKT5wOgOFtyMdWFiDCLBz3XY50FNgZr06tsRvWXu2aCzpPlsMiMs9mMysMCt8oycZyOooiBeUu5VSQILDNJh-vwKnxSoWfuaicRvElNPib2YKyrzqdXPvWbfd_0InMJuPgjd9U5eItwzRffUSSQnlWLOq-kjXPBlfd2thTOEZlWB7axKlfTxrH/s627/Moons12thFebruary2024.JPG11thFebruary2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="627" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuLFqKT5wOgOFtyMdWFiDCLBz3XY50FNgZr06tsRvWXu2aCzpPlsMiMs9mMysMCt8oycZyOooiBeUu5VSQILDNJh-vwKnxSoWfuaicRvElNPib2YKyrzqdXPvWbfd_0InMJuPgjd9U5eItwzRffUSSQnlWLOq-kjXPBlfd2thTOEZlWB7axKlfTxrH/s320/Moons12thFebruary2024.JPG11thFebruary2024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal">February 12<sup>th</sup> 1200 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Had I been at home, I would have taken my Mak out for a
detailed image. I had my binoculars and filters at work with me and that gave
me a chance to get something out of the clear day. I saw some sunspots and drew
them, as one does.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaA-p2VIwfaDxnD62zUg2-ptUpDhMJbI7z7qp_Mps4Z3QED79FREXF3moqE27yKB1LkcyYUtXQK8-6SC0KlwGRjEl9ToQEydWgDfDk_Et9ZyrxosSoraQQQrJSD2nVLnOPV4DtJaB4k52-ftANopUDDbpCv1TMahVZXd8qTJReGoVncj8zvvb2hvK7/s1965/Sunspot%20Drawing%20February%2012th%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1965" data-original-width="1934" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaA-p2VIwfaDxnD62zUg2-ptUpDhMJbI7z7qp_Mps4Z3QED79FREXF3moqE27yKB1LkcyYUtXQK8-6SC0KlwGRjEl9ToQEydWgDfDk_Et9ZyrxosSoraQQQrJSD2nVLnOPV4DtJaB4k52-ftANopUDDbpCv1TMahVZXd8qTJReGoVncj8zvvb2hvK7/s320/Sunspot%20Drawing%20February%2012th%202024.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">February 11th 1930 GMT Photo Session <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It was not clear enough to photograph some faint
constellations I was hoping to. I did some close-ups instead. Most photos were
taken at 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 2 seconds exposure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">First up was Jupiter, in an attempt to capture its moons.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfynKL6jNdW9zohE6adQvMpDVyVimaYiLHJQu7nWtAopCoJhRs1CfrktcEDhf_2dKgvFeZSq8nMrHyfSw_A0fz1D2yOWlYnGbuesI6d-7Zipm5hxe2e2EGB0CsZNmMjnlYo4IAcCoMWQCtxhr3MwrwNYAChXzX9BtDZ1iqNBhzAw8gJx4UKcLWnId/s247/JupitersMoons11thFebruary2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="247" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLfynKL6jNdW9zohE6adQvMpDVyVimaYiLHJQu7nWtAopCoJhRs1CfrktcEDhf_2dKgvFeZSq8nMrHyfSw_A0fz1D2yOWlYnGbuesI6d-7Zipm5hxe2e2EGB0CsZNmMjnlYo4IAcCoMWQCtxhr3MwrwNYAChXzX9BtDZ1iqNBhzAw8gJx4UKcLWnId/s1600/JupitersMoons11thFebruary2024.JPG" width="247" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I then photographed Orion's belt.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22jBwLDamLmMZUDLxBIvS7PeFFzVdf2GMaPwX1MNv_86tpvRVo3SvrqxYiZPpa77r4yQ5fzBZElH49iIaJlgrY_8Olz-67q6VPB6IEOragWwsvjBFyRRM8DciJZ5aEP7LL-PhkQrkXGl9TpXMotSz-149TxJEu56AvJOhZsPFiQtafGIu6GiszyMg/s6016/OrionsBelt11thFebruary2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh22jBwLDamLmMZUDLxBIvS7PeFFzVdf2GMaPwX1MNv_86tpvRVo3SvrqxYiZPpa77r4yQ5fzBZElH49iIaJlgrY_8Olz-67q6VPB6IEOragWwsvjBFyRRM8DciJZ5aEP7LL-PhkQrkXGl9TpXMotSz-149TxJEu56AvJOhZsPFiQtafGIu6GiszyMg/s320/OrionsBelt11thFebruary2024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Next was the Great Nebula.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhegwP-9yW20lY0SmwKEyvKlzv7iq0T6Dq3PdozUalrRF3byzWfJLtDPvLlguKOZGJelC7W7WfX_tXQUj1WqUu0x_QIflNsGLvI5qQzS-3gQO1CHNdM0VPgoozR3tnui30ajuzWfX2QhoFEMACuJinAgHiQ4pGcY9onCRyLVTk_9Tuh60OIWAHy1IH/s6034/M42_11thFebruary2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4012" data-original-width="6034" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhegwP-9yW20lY0SmwKEyvKlzv7iq0T6Dq3PdozUalrRF3byzWfJLtDPvLlguKOZGJelC7W7WfX_tXQUj1WqUu0x_QIflNsGLvI5qQzS-3gQO1CHNdM0VPgoozR3tnui30ajuzWfX2QhoFEMACuJinAgHiQ4pGcY9onCRyLVTk_9Tuh60OIWAHy1IH/s320/M42_11thFebruary2024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p><span style="font-weight: normal;">I then photographed Mizar and Alcor but it didn't work.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p><span style="font-weight: normal;">I changed my settings to 70mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 8
seconds exposure. I photographed the Hyades.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6I3Q2bx3kzJ6cI6ydE0OTOZME0tYZzQg8TUEBpPK_v1eeb3p9vs6Ou6i_7jGtaHcu2eOOAlRKXtHr9IsBcHSipTkwGLK4_dmm65NJie-ExVu3oxcZSyQbdNXptWvQxqu_1mTEKgeip5_0JH3rYXj74w0Kh62FSCWm1P7JX9PUeja_P_1O-Lx3CRPe/s5764/Hyades11thFebruary2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3812" data-original-width="5764" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6I3Q2bx3kzJ6cI6ydE0OTOZME0tYZzQg8TUEBpPK_v1eeb3p9vs6Ou6i_7jGtaHcu2eOOAlRKXtHr9IsBcHSipTkwGLK4_dmm65NJie-ExVu3oxcZSyQbdNXptWvQxqu_1mTEKgeip5_0JH3rYXj74w0Kh62FSCWm1P7JX9PUeja_P_1O-Lx3CRPe/s320/Hyades11thFebruary2024.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It was very murky near the southern horizon but I decided to
try something ambitions and went for the Tau Canis Majoris cluster. I caught some stars in that part of the sky but couldn't say I nailed the shot.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-orA2nbSO6WQHNytiOpKoZgWB8cazQbyBb4iwuVx4FZ4l8J2oLuTzXZBkWwSjo928w73UKtcJzLEmb1QfToFAAE-etUL69_osoKQwIl1DWy8LoWRmUVNkfT2FwCF3PlFawJXcUNwmh0fZhFGYyB6kK1aCawOYw5Eq4hYJyeulpOaXxfNOLBPYqdgX/s1122/TauCMaCluster_11thFebruary2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1122" data-original-width="1062" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-orA2nbSO6WQHNytiOpKoZgWB8cazQbyBb4iwuVx4FZ4l8J2oLuTzXZBkWwSjo928w73UKtcJzLEmb1QfToFAAE-etUL69_osoKQwIl1DWy8LoWRmUVNkfT2FwCF3PlFawJXcUNwmh0fZhFGYyB6kK1aCawOYw5Eq4hYJyeulpOaXxfNOLBPYqdgX/s320/TauCMaCluster_11thFebruary2024.JPG" width="303" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">February 11th 1730 GMT Moon <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The thin crescent Moon hung low in the west. I snapped it
with my DSLR camera at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/200 second exposure. I
had stopped doing frequent DSLR-only shots but the lack of recent astronomical
activity and a thin crescent Moon persuaded me otherwise.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJLqKyQhQqxROjUcfTonr_qTQdsoXoB9Y_v583Lb5TPY6j7denlxfNmzJcpOUPB5VJu4yDmWowiLVN67_NMu8YGh2COW709z-o7NbnurKeuiGJtFLAGXt4JUeVO_7_hhLSwVxlxuKxn2mvxLmYesA0Y6x3MgCAMV0ST3Nl_YGfs6NKoShKwJ-9fIE/s655/Moons11thFebruary2024.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="655" data-original-width="539" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJLqKyQhQqxROjUcfTonr_qTQdsoXoB9Y_v583Lb5TPY6j7denlxfNmzJcpOUPB5VJu4yDmWowiLVN67_NMu8YGh2COW709z-o7NbnurKeuiGJtFLAGXt4JUeVO_7_hhLSwVxlxuKxn2mvxLmYesA0Y6x3MgCAMV0ST3Nl_YGfs6NKoShKwJ-9fIE/s320/Moons11thFebruary2024.JPG" width="263" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">February 10<sup>th</sup> 0945 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It had been 8 days of continuous cloud and rain. I was
starting to think I would fail to get a single decent image in the whole month.
The cloud was still there but thinned enough to let me see some sunspots
through my binoculars and filters. It was a large sunspot group, with three
large and two small ones. After a frustrating week and a bit, it was amazing to
see something at last!<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxLLsg7C9LXOHe_UQuPNCZQfEirgRsF6OqV2O3VhWp3z5iT2MuiLkhXp-nFfAlv-zwBpHhUZclv6-Sdyc2NrKhyphenhyphenm6Hwek4IVxyxq0qNpsqMr0fvNW2G5_EzZx13VhQwxNEXW1AB5yCAWBmpsZDkdviNxiM4E77khJ2OmPGzGFhFlmo75UFWVZikTIe/s1950/February10thX.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1950" data-original-width="1644" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxLLsg7C9LXOHe_UQuPNCZQfEirgRsF6OqV2O3VhWp3z5iT2MuiLkhXp-nFfAlv-zwBpHhUZclv6-Sdyc2NrKhyphenhyphenm6Hwek4IVxyxq0qNpsqMr0fvNW2G5_EzZx13VhQwxNEXW1AB5yCAWBmpsZDkdviNxiM4E77khJ2OmPGzGFhFlmo75UFWVZikTIe/s320/February10thX.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">February 1st 1910 GMT Jupiter </h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Again, the weather forecasters let me down. I was hoping to
try out my new camera, the same model as my older one, which was still working
but with poor focus. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p>I set my camera at 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 2
seconds exposure, my usual settings for Jupiter's moons. Initial indications
were less than encouraging. </p><p>With a bit of processing, I managed to show the moons but much haze still remained.</p><br /><p><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">February 1<sup>st</sup> 1215 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The weather forecast was for clear sky but it did not
mention some thin cloud. So, despite some sunspots being visible on the
professional observatory images, they did not make it through to my binoculars
and filters. I was also reluctant to try photographing the Sun, due to cloud
ruining my previous attempt.<o:p></o:p></p>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-3846115729098955882023-12-31T23:56:00.000-08:002024-01-28T11:36:53.454-08:00January 2024<div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">January 28th 1050 GMT Sun <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">There was a lot of thin cloud around, with some patches of
blue sky. For a change, especially as it was a weekend, I photographed the Sun
with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-esh2BiCK0tkB7LO7y1vBkbrh3NBuB6zuGD_bB1OMPbjK-89V-srHtAa8qzEtq8PIZMAJeXjbdGgbM3RAEvRJQr6cQHBqt3AUQpcysxrKt-qoW4ElCI7kfOw4wXqgkSZG5ZDDM-N4AdYVPPdQdaTEgf8PrWYnvx_I9eWVRe6nTL7_hliiWTwSjGe3/s3833/Sun%20January28th2024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3823" data-original-width="3833" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-esh2BiCK0tkB7LO7y1vBkbrh3NBuB6zuGD_bB1OMPbjK-89V-srHtAa8qzEtq8PIZMAJeXjbdGgbM3RAEvRJQr6cQHBqt3AUQpcysxrKt-qoW4ElCI7kfOw4wXqgkSZG5ZDDM-N4AdYVPPdQdaTEgf8PrWYnvx_I9eWVRe6nTL7_hliiWTwSjGe3/s320/Sun%20January28th2024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Although the image captured some sunspots, the cloud ruined the result. </span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 26th 2000 GMT Moon <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">It had seemed decades since I had attempted a moon shot with
my telescope. Conditions were far from perfect, with lots of moving cloud. I
took some shots at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPC66pGBZgAKwIM-U8r3P5nK4hD-BYSt3v7mgsuDA_iNYGSL4FwfAZhw1YYch0Kj9oZ2xxSm9FXIg09zGgP1jhTazQId8dv_VJXvYxFGA-5fF1xhwFW4IejUywQ0fm8lfkCCmpQIh1hZ2vsj969PPg0HFp6e41xR0ZMhVZBNkUiDMIyl1oCzflO8Wu/s3547/Moon%20January26th2024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3508" data-original-width="3547" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPC66pGBZgAKwIM-U8r3P5nK4hD-BYSt3v7mgsuDA_iNYGSL4FwfAZhw1YYch0Kj9oZ2xxSm9FXIg09zGgP1jhTazQId8dv_VJXvYxFGA-5fF1xhwFW4IejUywQ0fm8lfkCCmpQIh1hZ2vsj969PPg0HFp6e41xR0ZMhVZBNkUiDMIyl1oCzflO8Wu/s320/Moon%20January26th2024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 24th 2100 GMT Moon and Jupiter's moons <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Had it been a normal Wednesday evening, I might have
ventured out with my telescope but I had an early meeting the next day.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I tried to use manual and live view focus to try to get
Jupiter's moons. I used 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and a second exposure. I
did not use my usual exposure time of 2 seconds, due to moonlight. Although the shot worked, I only caught one moon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7D9lHQsuzyPIlYxqU_Y0_2tvmNTc-GyNBOMB_mGXcV7TUUzpO4az3Iz-qVOV_QXYJ7d7IAaU8C35KRydH0E5xtX7r08-egTXqIdRkkmX3oLD0iD8zI7rdPQaCaNzeO7rLUEL-DBLrnFSg7xnqNuVAWcnhPCtW61tUtpw_YfC4y0Q8WE9gcOYTbf3_/s6016/Jupiter%20with%20Moon%20January24th2024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7D9lHQsuzyPIlYxqU_Y0_2tvmNTc-GyNBOMB_mGXcV7TUUzpO4az3Iz-qVOV_QXYJ7d7IAaU8C35KRydH0E5xtX7r08-egTXqIdRkkmX3oLD0iD8zI7rdPQaCaNzeO7rLUEL-DBLrnFSg7xnqNuVAWcnhPCtW61tUtpw_YfC4y0Q8WE9gcOYTbf3_/s320/Jupiter%20with%20Moon%20January24th2024.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I changed the ISO setting down to 100 and the exposure to
1/1000 second to try to capture the Moon.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcr7pGEg6HJOh_7BCFDa4nGT4rIt9SL0Nf-XAVilMAROyLfuOUg5ToYlAIeuyRXca7FQidJC4CXtEVzq9bUDFEzFClynwSRj3EdXBUQQzs6RMTde1OJsBF5wjDYFvW8ses7CYO830JvZDKoh8lSerx_byDyh2OlLs82gmnKCox9EXma8u7zL8dd_j_/s737/Moon%20January24th2024.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="737" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcr7pGEg6HJOh_7BCFDa4nGT4rIt9SL0Nf-XAVilMAROyLfuOUg5ToYlAIeuyRXca7FQidJC4CXtEVzq9bUDFEzFClynwSRj3EdXBUQQzs6RMTde1OJsBF5wjDYFvW8ses7CYO830JvZDKoh8lSerx_byDyh2OlLs82gmnKCox9EXma8u7zL8dd_j_/s320/Moon%20January24th2024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 24th 1900 GMT Moon and Stars<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">There was moonlight being scattered by cloud and not much
was visible.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Moon and Jupiter were too far apart in the sky to
photograph, even with my phone camera totally zoomed out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I tried photographing the Moon with the bright stars Sirius
and then Capella.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97toVsjnQNY6c6DUhfQJh0kysuaKn7WHI_drHRhkZ1PIAcoaK_LQ8iu-wYhJUsbxhyphenhyphenuXqsgpT6kvpbFvaIdjw1aulibpKMC4Nhnb1Gge35sIdYhIqMnxiNQ0Ntn51C8hAoFJgqCYeynJEg4dJEPejLqcwCt0QDVYc3tXs63K0bFA8bFf2T1QHprWi/s4080/Moon%20with%20Sirius%20January24th2024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2296" data-original-width="4080" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg97toVsjnQNY6c6DUhfQJh0kysuaKn7WHI_drHRhkZ1PIAcoaK_LQ8iu-wYhJUsbxhyphenhyphenuXqsgpT6kvpbFvaIdjw1aulibpKMC4Nhnb1Gge35sIdYhIqMnxiNQ0Ntn51C8hAoFJgqCYeynJEg4dJEPejLqcwCt0QDVYc3tXs63K0bFA8bFf2T1QHprWi/s320/Moon%20with%20Sirius%20January24th2024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8JlqF6hK0ft1j7KR6BZnfOMXkS5yd6lydkU7JQr49TkBtJPfb6bPoGCazK8ShustDVTHFnJmiq1p0LJ1l2vrS9XRRXev0BDDPP0pNK6VZAtJNxRPQxmnbNctkcUdIoyt10n6A9_u54CeMQxjqQVguH_oL_ogGobb6KJjhFBpu5JZacQgNY7FSMYa/s2397/Moon%20with%20Capella%20January24th2024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2397" data-original-width="1257" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil8JlqF6hK0ft1j7KR6BZnfOMXkS5yd6lydkU7JQr49TkBtJPfb6bPoGCazK8ShustDVTHFnJmiq1p0LJ1l2vrS9XRRXev0BDDPP0pNK6VZAtJNxRPQxmnbNctkcUdIoyt10n6A9_u54CeMQxjqQVguH_oL_ogGobb6KJjhFBpu5JZacQgNY7FSMYa/s320/Moon%20with%20Capella%20January24th2024.jpg" width="168" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 22nd 2150 GMT Moon and Jupiter <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was nor quite clear, with most objects looking somewhat
hazy. I snapped the Moon and Jupiter with my phone camera.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qlYD-wFQy3_ofh5G8ib2EhNGEzSyYeK7fxaLCmuUPdDGGJpICkqYuIEwvDYLkpiJz0zWo1twwkTH6Ze1V7ZaojgnhEeuw3E0TPsQUVgDnCvRmDlTqDyU0LWV-aBvcvCLgiVfzChlZLrwu_2XTVtDI20zpAeg0eUCB2EaC5P4NmvZwryVT5VdUhRa/s4080/Moon%20with%20Jupiter%20January22nd2024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2296" data-original-width="4080" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_qlYD-wFQy3_ofh5G8ib2EhNGEzSyYeK7fxaLCmuUPdDGGJpICkqYuIEwvDYLkpiJz0zWo1twwkTH6Ze1V7ZaojgnhEeuw3E0TPsQUVgDnCvRmDlTqDyU0LWV-aBvcvCLgiVfzChlZLrwu_2XTVtDI20zpAeg0eUCB2EaC5P4NmvZwryVT5VdUhRa/s320/Moon%20with%20Jupiter%20January22nd2024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 18th 1700 GMT Moon and Jupiter <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Aside from the cold and rapidly falling temperature, I
wanted to catch the Moon and Jupiter when they were very close. I caught them
together at 300mm focal length and tried various combinations of settings to
catch features on the Moon and Jupiter's moons, although the sky was too bright
to guarantee success. Unfortunately, nothing worked.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 18<sup>th</sup> 1210 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The lunchtime sky was clear, enabling me to see three
sunspots with my binoculars and filters. They had moved since my previous
viewing three days before.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNA1VQOUsfCUHod_h5wo6gZZPJSErNOIL0jqXAvOs_iGnVLVwP47ur_GN0x1pQAco-mojc-HfAK3U2C43BRdzFHmMQyKAPYbfRj20FB8hCGsUESZ3fme2JYSUp95K7YJHEghh4xRD8e-4nN5Wp76spsHFvZ9jqz9c4B5W0h9GvW7e4TYYfYUP-PzUO/s2060/Sunspot%20Drawing%20January%2018th%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2060" data-original-width="1742" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNA1VQOUsfCUHod_h5wo6gZZPJSErNOIL0jqXAvOs_iGnVLVwP47ur_GN0x1pQAco-mojc-HfAK3U2C43BRdzFHmMQyKAPYbfRj20FB8hCGsUESZ3fme2JYSUp95K7YJHEghh4xRD8e-4nN5Wp76spsHFvZ9jqz9c4B5W0h9GvW7e4TYYfYUP-PzUO/s320/Sunspot%20Drawing%20January%2018th%202024.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 17th 1930 GMT Moon and Jupiter <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Conditions were clearer than the evening before. The Moon
was much closer to Jupiter. I photographed them first with my phone camera then
with my DSLR at 70mm focal length at various settings I then zoomed in to
300mm focal length, again using various settings to photograph the Moon
separately and even tried Jupiter's moons hand-held, something I had done only
once before successfully. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">When processing I got off to a bad start as the phone camera shot was blurred and Jupiter appeared as a curve.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">I had more luck with the DSLR shot of them together.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8w9jGucAJ8HF-70AVJKH99_nax3FQcRCUcvGKRGQal-UnzBEoJj1SqDrU8dPuF9_ED4HsSm8bpnW5doMlqX7iR7wtszLx6XCLfdVSIXyIypL2knXYPbX433DcUztrgoYVlMPWtWi5oofytVh30Zl2ZMuZIuQEONGR4fOWU5C366I5PqtxWR4nsm1T/s6016/Moon%20with%20Jupiter%20January17th2024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8w9jGucAJ8HF-70AVJKH99_nax3FQcRCUcvGKRGQal-UnzBEoJj1SqDrU8dPuF9_ED4HsSm8bpnW5doMlqX7iR7wtszLx6XCLfdVSIXyIypL2knXYPbX433DcUztrgoYVlMPWtWi5oofytVh30Zl2ZMuZIuQEONGR4fOWU5C366I5PqtxWR4nsm1T/s320/Moon%20with%20Jupiter%20January17th2024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">There was just a hint of cloud belts om Jupiter.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9K2Ll3yCwWAp3dXBxMsBOU8wqoNlBCmI6hIaMuGWi8BJAr40qma1G8aGjVnsaQLGQ9Eez8OaJD1RJyYzAy7FxwekGGQK8a7NCNsI87lj3x6iWcZsWUrGFkVKLtOonieN9nctRGsiV7FJ4mmbd0Q0Fa7-Ocj_QjT5EKE7bHqRFnCwzy_jNfokG4gCG/s51/Jupiter%20January17th2024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="48" data-original-width="51" height="48" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9K2Ll3yCwWAp3dXBxMsBOU8wqoNlBCmI6hIaMuGWi8BJAr40qma1G8aGjVnsaQLGQ9Eez8OaJD1RJyYzAy7FxwekGGQK8a7NCNsI87lj3x6iWcZsWUrGFkVKLtOonieN9nctRGsiV7FJ4mmbd0Q0Fa7-Ocj_QjT5EKE7bHqRFnCwzy_jNfokG4gCG/s1600/Jupiter%20January17th2024.jpg" width="51" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Unfortunately, neither the ,moon shots nor those of Jupiter's moons worked.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 16th 1725 GMT Moon and Jupiter </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">After a cloudy lunchtime and cloudier afternoon, there was
some clear sky at dusk.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">I snapped the Moon and Jupiter with my camera phone then
followed up with my DSLR.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxM9VYRPyzwCnhz-DEPl4Ru64dxgG09DAgOA68QhLHI_i_o5O54LtzAyzHNvU9i6JQ_N_hxWwIEKAVuDVfaWA1Hv0DJwb8QDqMgL0ppOj25-1AZJc3zubNjH3BkUhvZ_qlJlOOFIZbDvRkLR5rBVGbdNFdCRkFerrNevXbhE_VvUDbS1ixRs6lLWu/s1986/Moon%20with%20Jupiter%20January16th2024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1986" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxM9VYRPyzwCnhz-DEPl4Ru64dxgG09DAgOA68QhLHI_i_o5O54LtzAyzHNvU9i6JQ_N_hxWwIEKAVuDVfaWA1Hv0DJwb8QDqMgL0ppOj25-1AZJc3zubNjH3BkUhvZ_qlJlOOFIZbDvRkLR5rBVGbdNFdCRkFerrNevXbhE_VvUDbS1ixRs6lLWu/s320/Moon%20with%20Jupiter%20January16th2024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">I did not manage to catch the close alignment on my DSLR but I caught the Moon and Jupiter separately and overlaid them onto the above photo to create a composite image.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikslCAhFMtly8mpl86aFeAK562rdLNvn2Ytf5rsz9cagV7-rOC5tXubCkLXE2GYGFLTuHZYMzIIbfqn668S7laWz05X-xv4cl7KhQQyDioiSTnArhqagDllnNDWu0w9dGXaft1CGkT4fAjt0feJCb6FrEpElmF-OoCNKb_ct4UPzQ_EhsviHDAA3tk/s1986/Moon%20with%20Jupiter%20January16th2024_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="999" data-original-width="1986" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikslCAhFMtly8mpl86aFeAK562rdLNvn2Ytf5rsz9cagV7-rOC5tXubCkLXE2GYGFLTuHZYMzIIbfqn668S7laWz05X-xv4cl7KhQQyDioiSTnArhqagDllnNDWu0w9dGXaft1CGkT4fAjt0feJCb6FrEpElmF-OoCNKb_ct4UPzQ_EhsviHDAA3tk/s320/Moon%20with%20Jupiter%20January16th2024_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><h3><p class="MsoNormal">January 16th 1910 GMT Binocular Session </p><div><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">After darkness fell, there was quite a lot of cloud around. The Moon was bright and showed a few craters near the terminator. Jupiter showed one moon clearly and a hint of a second.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">I could make out the Orion Great Nebula (M42) but only just. The Hyades showed quite well, although I had to move the binoculars round in order to see all of them. The Pleaides (M45) showed only about 20 stars and Melotte 20 in Perseus was also rather sparse in appearance. The other deep sky objects were clouded out. </span></div></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 15th 2150 GMT Phone Camera Shoot<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was not perfectly clear but I tried fiddling about with
my phone camera settings, setting the ISO to 800 and increasing the sensitivity
to +2EV. I aimed at Orion and Sirius.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9f-PbstEhmeh2Rd4SiF1o1eYdQdccNSHYgnUP3SLWGTYr8ghgUtFMfv0raW-kh9VEwLUXLGOmbaj6tTnQefkH6Mue25GeDMPT-WP4B5V4aFil6TxrCaPcAQWompan5NXZqmUqtw7tYZOVdk7p5t8Nw1Fewqj94y293aT9MwEghb9m8k8qT919JQHL/s3264/Orion%20January%2015th%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1836" data-original-width="3264" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9f-PbstEhmeh2Rd4SiF1o1eYdQdccNSHYgnUP3SLWGTYr8ghgUtFMfv0raW-kh9VEwLUXLGOmbaj6tTnQefkH6Mue25GeDMPT-WP4B5V4aFil6TxrCaPcAQWompan5NXZqmUqtw7tYZOVdk7p5t8Nw1Fewqj94y293aT9MwEghb9m8k8qT919JQHL/s320/Orion%20January%2015th%202024.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I was lucky to catch a meteor, brighter than Sirius flash
from the horizon through Canis Minor. It was a great sight and one of the
things that make astronomy interesting.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 15<sup>th</sup> 1200 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The midday sun was in a clearer patch of sky than the day
before. A binocular scan revealed 4 sunspots, two more than the day before.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiENW9R-h_g98nJJqBKj8jHpBph2BtO1loOeHlIOKTPj0-zjLTPApxz_uShhqLqjlvHPwCZSbAC0Tno2xYBeS2y_Z5d9Y0FWsCcvD3MOgRGrKfVM8Q_TKSVAgLOTy1QDwLsGEKuLktRDfObKzG34ud8sEfm60H4HR3lr9hWzrI6TttoauUBzqRbZoSQ/s2060/Sunspot%20Drawing%20January%2015th%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2060" data-original-width="1742" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiENW9R-h_g98nJJqBKj8jHpBph2BtO1loOeHlIOKTPj0-zjLTPApxz_uShhqLqjlvHPwCZSbAC0Tno2xYBeS2y_Z5d9Y0FWsCcvD3MOgRGrKfVM8Q_TKSVAgLOTy1QDwLsGEKuLktRDfObKzG34ud8sEfm60H4HR3lr9hWzrI6TttoauUBzqRbZoSQ/s320/Sunspot%20Drawing%20January%2015th%202024.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 14<sup>th</sup> 1045 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">I bin scanned the Sun through cloud. I was somewhat
disappointed not to see more sunspots, as there were some on the professional
observatory images. The interesting thing is that the large sunspot I had seen
three days before, had split into two, a phenomenon that is not unknown. The
Sun is a strange place indeed.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRAcfidxeKt7GiByYfMz8CYh_6gESqHqumjoG9JCQp2djbVKPWk1YgSr068O39FPd36AB3ah-dYzU4SpuwRjESmgQ-7s9t3YLLiuoXE8JjmjYQxKWLLhLEVCJNmhJLSqIDWnupfIU393b1OKMPEp-3d79igE2lKnolxA-C47g1ty1R61QbF-fzuXi/s2060/Sunspot%20Drawing%20January%2014th%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2060" data-original-width="1742" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRAcfidxeKt7GiByYfMz8CYh_6gESqHqumjoG9JCQp2djbVKPWk1YgSr068O39FPd36AB3ah-dYzU4SpuwRjESmgQ-7s9t3YLLiuoXE8JjmjYQxKWLLhLEVCJNmhJLSqIDWnupfIU393b1OKMPEp-3d79igE2lKnolxA-C47g1ty1R61QbF-fzuXi/s320/Sunspot%20Drawing%20January%2014th%202024.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 13th Astronomical Mug</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I found some old photos of a mug I had made at a team building event at work. Unfortunately, it was broken but the intended targets were Orion and the Pleiades (Seven Sisters). Not my best images of either object but a unique take on them.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJTXIBo6gdnpYGOM0IiY-G9URGNGH0_LKLyBDQFWRIb72TsVmKeJShxPZeXJXrSmICdmTyaf3e7HaPqELn2_NudrrkpM_EJkaZIP8gdgpIKUDFYbqTUigkA_pXgVugxTdYU-PepwTMtjddnrdgPajZQDrDapBHcN47hDzRpxcxZIDGoEUS7jQiT7g/s3031/Orion_Mug.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2844" data-original-width="3031" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhJTXIBo6gdnpYGOM0IiY-G9URGNGH0_LKLyBDQFWRIb72TsVmKeJShxPZeXJXrSmICdmTyaf3e7HaPqELn2_NudrrkpM_EJkaZIP8gdgpIKUDFYbqTUigkA_pXgVugxTdYU-PepwTMtjddnrdgPajZQDrDapBHcN47hDzRpxcxZIDGoEUS7jQiT7g/s320/Orion_Mug.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjL3iOq1_GihZqPf0QzJlr9y8yvUwmcmm1ii5OdSzOXvPy90DapX5p1CEoTT0G80bC4VBsoOC52j5DUBtfd8p5CNgFm9V7eM3UGpWhD1AtKoKcWGgRe-M5yxChCEMeDyNywZIxdQea6kqB-hoau4RCjwCZH1TvjzcLNzhmMs-dkNU2zugzBMTa3j41/s2998/Pleiades_Mug.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2162" data-original-width="2998" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjL3iOq1_GihZqPf0QzJlr9y8yvUwmcmm1ii5OdSzOXvPy90DapX5p1CEoTT0G80bC4VBsoOC52j5DUBtfd8p5CNgFm9V7eM3UGpWhD1AtKoKcWGgRe-M5yxChCEMeDyNywZIxdQea6kqB-hoau4RCjwCZH1TvjzcLNzhmMs-dkNU2zugzBMTa3j41/s320/Pleiades_Mug.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 11<sup>th</sup> 1220 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">By the standards of the autumn and the turn of the new year,
a minor miracle happened! Although there was plenty of cloud around, not
unknown in January in England, I had a clear view of the Sun through my
binoculars and filters. The two sunspots I had seen the day before had rotated.
The larger one was showing better, as it moved away from the edge of the solar
disc.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHNIpqjuKv4zBIjXwitDlm0Jea4SW3kVlSAN1ZCDzAjaJyS_pUX1oUfqH-FjzaFhoBhMUi5I8cTqlMImsIZQAjODYlxX3mbB5YJfekxhrX9n3GjkS-R3fjlT4WS5JWKOC-_HBptzhNE70Iz74LU0EriLuZlqf3QXmnRZVzCyieyPgKJQCK2iDhHsJ/s2060/Sunspot%20Drawing%20January%2011th%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2060" data-original-width="1742" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpHNIpqjuKv4zBIjXwitDlm0Jea4SW3kVlSAN1ZCDzAjaJyS_pUX1oUfqH-FjzaFhoBhMUi5I8cTqlMImsIZQAjODYlxX3mbB5YJfekxhrX9n3GjkS-R3fjlT4WS5JWKOC-_HBptzhNE70Iz74LU0EriLuZlqf3QXmnRZVzCyieyPgKJQCK2iDhHsJ/s320/Sunspot%20Drawing%20January%2011th%202024.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 10<sup>th</sup> 2050 GMT Constellations</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The sky was clear, well. to start with! My intention was to capture Orion and the surrounding region, then Camelopardalis. Needless to say, it did not go to plan when cloud moved in from the east.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Instead, I took a few frames of Cassiopeia at 18mm focal length, ISO 1600 and 30 seconds exposure. I also took some dark frames. I stacked using Sequator and finished in GIMP. Not only does the photo show the Milky Way but also the Perseus Double Cluster and the Andromeda Galaxy (M31).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0U4gVbXWn7pczeQiA6W7dNcZ2QM33ErL-CMwsQz_CyK9YeHtt5jTozNIuUkl7IJBhjKUj-qxo9j9VvbgYAg1fwGu-PefzpozBhPTqt23RbwmipB1LILRB4-jBWsZJ8XFbusGZSkPP3W31aYaVNiFBRTBQ28csIA6E08jfkUyg5G9QPIfh-9GJPX_/s4604/Cassiopeia%20January%2010th%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3223" data-original-width="4604" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl0U4gVbXWn7pczeQiA6W7dNcZ2QM33ErL-CMwsQz_CyK9YeHtt5jTozNIuUkl7IJBhjKUj-qxo9j9VvbgYAg1fwGu-PefzpozBhPTqt23RbwmipB1LILRB4-jBWsZJ8XFbusGZSkPP3W31aYaVNiFBRTBQ28csIA6E08jfkUyg5G9QPIfh-9GJPX_/s320/Cassiopeia%20January%2010th%202024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal">January 10<sup>th</sup> 1230 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had a rare patch of clear sky. A new, larger sunspot had
rotated onto the solar disc to join the one I had spotted the day before.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOYeog2c3xEqxyh50yovL27h-giFAtFucZu65eflkXWta6grMxBBl97NR-YnHJmu8kUTHxqv5SaFCmexyMtHMmf0u6ko45628RggwyWKl05NU82dMtmPINFU7ICtCF7w2E2aIC1yDi03A0wS_zbeCEiie_g9OUc42YvYOFGieXl5mHG8eqw53xE8E/s2060/Sunspot%20Drawing%20January%2010th%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2060" data-original-width="1742" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNOYeog2c3xEqxyh50yovL27h-giFAtFucZu65eflkXWta6grMxBBl97NR-YnHJmu8kUTHxqv5SaFCmexyMtHMmf0u6ko45628RggwyWKl05NU82dMtmPINFU7ICtCF7w2E2aIC1yDi03A0wS_zbeCEiie_g9OUc42YvYOFGieXl5mHG8eqw53xE8E/s320/Sunspot%20Drawing%20January%2010th%202024.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 9th 2055 GMT Orion and Betelguese <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I tried fiddling with my phone camera to photograph Orion
but failed.<br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>I retried with the camera default settings which was better.
I took ten frames with the hope of stacking. I did not get the stack to work and processed a single frame.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhK-ErU9vXMoQMp2R6U_e_OLl7HK7MUmSptR6WFXJ0jyPSNaz0xP4gYAiEBNkiJXO4vyysFxbz3kdmMXaugXfha27-7_PTK53WSPmOUxeHSuSfGM1YzAWrzPGXVavYvS52I4P5yYFgmkMkHtKjNrujo_m-WpU50A9LmVkZjAeZMSsFB7QOwJJ2yJX/s4080/Orion%20January%209th%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimhK-ErU9vXMoQMp2R6U_e_OLl7HK7MUmSptR6WFXJ0jyPSNaz0xP4gYAiEBNkiJXO4vyysFxbz3kdmMXaugXfha27-7_PTK53WSPmOUxeHSuSfGM1YzAWrzPGXVavYvS52I4P5yYFgmkMkHtKjNrujo_m-WpU50A9LmVkZjAeZMSsFB7QOwJJ2yJX/s320/Orion%20January%209th%202024.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><o:p> <br /></o:p>I estimated that Betelguese had faded to about magnitude
0.4.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 9<sup>th</sup> 1215 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">My binoculars and filters revealed a single sunspot,
although there were many fainter ones on the GONG website.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqueNEHTNl7ua9Xo0QuUB2fDExs8xcymQ_w6aUMjFb3yS_mze7ESUqOQyp8bOnDcuSLpjxlkq3-8bmx4Gq3IXgvlHNHc4YpEOsaej7fsW2XVnAq4LzS-iF8RHNCZ-If9Y0MK0C-1kWMGWONtPNEHD-i3sc1FZEDfHTHforyDXlEhAmpJdYqUpk_Ka/s2060/Sunspot%20Drawing%20January%209th%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2060" data-original-width="1742" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqueNEHTNl7ua9Xo0QuUB2fDExs8xcymQ_w6aUMjFb3yS_mze7ESUqOQyp8bOnDcuSLpjxlkq3-8bmx4Gq3IXgvlHNHc4YpEOsaej7fsW2XVnAq4LzS-iF8RHNCZ-If9Y0MK0C-1kWMGWONtPNEHD-i3sc1FZEDfHTHforyDXlEhAmpJdYqUpk_Ka/s320/Sunspot%20Drawing%20January%209th%202024.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 6th 2050 GMT Binocular Session <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was my first night-time binocular session of the year.
Conditions were somewhat hazy, dissuading me from any photography.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Jupiter was high in the south. I could see a Moon on each
side. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Pleiades (M45) were disappointing, showing a maximum of
20 stars. The Hyades all showed, as the main cluster members are quite bight. I
cannot get the whole cluster in my field of view, so had to scan round the area
to see each star. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Orion Great Nebula (M42) showed
surprisingly well, given that the Pleiades didn't. However, I could
not make out M35, the star cluster in Gemini.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Melotte 20 showed its main stars but was probably in an area
of haze.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 6th 0115 GMT Betelguese <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Conditions were cloudy and hazy but some stars were visible.
I could not see the Pleiades but Betelguese and the nearby bright stars were
clear. Possibly Betelguese may have faded a bit but I thought its brightness
was nearer magnitude 0.4 than 0.5.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 5<sup>th</sup> 1215 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The pale winter Sun hung low in the south. My binoculars
revealed four sunspots but the professional observatories showed several more
that might have been visible in my telescope or from the southern hemisphere,
where the Sun is higher in the sky this time of year.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6XZIcORztrEf7ZKfxMoZjUPUl2vPjLZAY-19Iw5QfhTrRY8s9lBMLbSjqI0WgUXx_nuT9M8F3MwyoNRbPpH-BZmBmQJYI-vnNAI2bcG_skr3PR2b8BuuJn-cNJvISUyRm1xlG3XBdh2irSo0N9mIXsb7oae264zCtGNm9VvGEiSteu18-jvPPxpb/s2060/Sunspot%20Drawing%20January%205th%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2060" data-original-width="1742" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6XZIcORztrEf7ZKfxMoZjUPUl2vPjLZAY-19Iw5QfhTrRY8s9lBMLbSjqI0WgUXx_nuT9M8F3MwyoNRbPpH-BZmBmQJYI-vnNAI2bcG_skr3PR2b8BuuJn-cNJvISUyRm1xlG3XBdh2irSo0N9mIXsb7oae264zCtGNm9VvGEiSteu18-jvPPxpb/s320/Sunspot%20Drawing%20January%205th%202024.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 5th 0650 GMT Moon and Venus <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The Moon had rotated closer to Venus in the dawn sky than
the previous morning. I snapped them with my phone camera.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvtlBaxv9dHkiV_WNzkGhPoZSXNwl38f4u2sYLeBPnJ3YPcjZ0SpHtiSwP2lnkvX1CEHoA_HTQyMBMdC7oHGxmXmPdk8NS-L-fE958RqfTagbmWfwTl8WwaMOK43wAaVDCnT7JI2NHcQKlY8MT9NHScSCWunhNy1qzM1JRbQQJN-pyRBzh6SOUx12/s3264/Moon%20with%20Venus%20January5th2024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvtlBaxv9dHkiV_WNzkGhPoZSXNwl38f4u2sYLeBPnJ3YPcjZ0SpHtiSwP2lnkvX1CEHoA_HTQyMBMdC7oHGxmXmPdk8NS-L-fE958RqfTagbmWfwTl8WwaMOK43wAaVDCnT7JI2NHcQKlY8MT9NHScSCWunhNy1qzM1JRbQQJN-pyRBzh6SOUx12/s320/Moon%20with%20Venus%20January5th2024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 4th 0720 GMT Moon and Venus <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The Moon was approaching Venus in the dawn sky and was
within range of my phone camera.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Q1Xr7YtlgNDJgWLl_q9sbGCI8Y3HKCL8JQIffNgPnf4NUhsAkuWzr1WbA65Mq0kaQM71B5L-OffzpEJ_XX006khSChmmB9ZzhbJFLbxP_gmwP3KvmH39uwMTkRcdpJkoHhxoepcl8Matw-xOTLJx5h0_WGmUVfm4ahyphenhyphenMBEyHrnCq6QIlZ1VPUbXV/s4080/Moon%20with%20Venus%20January4th2024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Q1Xr7YtlgNDJgWLl_q9sbGCI8Y3HKCL8JQIffNgPnf4NUhsAkuWzr1WbA65Mq0kaQM71B5L-OffzpEJ_XX006khSChmmB9ZzhbJFLbxP_gmwP3KvmH39uwMTkRcdpJkoHhxoepcl8Matw-xOTLJx5h0_WGmUVfm4ahyphenhyphenMBEyHrnCq6QIlZ1VPUbXV/s320/Moon%20with%20Venus%20January4th2024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 3rd 2040 GMT Betelguese <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had a quick look outside to see if the sky was clear.
Unfortunately, the most interesting part of sky from the Pole Star down towards
the horizon was cloudy, preventing me from seeing any Quadrantid meteors. There
was a bit of clear sky to the south east long enough to check out Betelguese.
Its brightness had appeared steady at magnitude 0.4.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">January 2<sup>nd</sup> 1350 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">After a very wet evening, night and morning, it unexpectedly
cleared enough to see our nearest and dearest star. Seeing the Sun again was
like seeing an old friend I hadn’t seen for years. I saw just two small
sunspots but, with such a poor December, it felt like a victory, although maybe
a small one.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunb0LFQWWTiKVfXdFjqTbEQE7IwiD-l5x_R9Dkv5gGx5iLhW7a1YTJ7oZYFHj_aOEchZcmJTwW2PA5TesfE7bKwyvhOKP8Hx_0QJ7tNSZ1zKyqI3v22hcvnq_432Y0o3rhf9cKVyrGIhxHP8HDUWmvaUrv4WF1_m74hXgG9tAu0OPVWP0s16GS1Ls/s2132/Sunspot%20Drawing%20January%202nd%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="1749" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhunb0LFQWWTiKVfXdFjqTbEQE7IwiD-l5x_R9Dkv5gGx5iLhW7a1YTJ7oZYFHj_aOEchZcmJTwW2PA5TesfE7bKwyvhOKP8Hx_0QJ7tNSZ1zKyqI3v22hcvnq_432Y0o3rhf9cKVyrGIhxHP8HDUWmvaUrv4WF1_m74hXgG9tAu0OPVWP0s16GS1Ls/s320/Sunspot%20Drawing%20January%202nd%202024.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 1st 0210 GMT Moon and Regulus</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">An hour after my Moon shot, it cleared a bit more and I saw
it close to Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation of Leo. I snapped
it with my phone camera.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXRhPUnakhx4d_oc_gj7fNzgt7NyTK66fcEbTf99JhhouuZhKZd1nXcjUzAnw1B-_fHI2g3kvgGbBjT2Ivy_xFLrF3h9NDZboKbntD8UrZ2HFMX6yimOfVLBHKMswiqYGtfIag4C6wTQ3zEILZ3H_yCvCLmB7gOX193gETGy_HgcSm-b5AhvELhwA/s1836/Moon%20with%20Regulus%20January1st2024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1508" data-original-width="1836" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFXRhPUnakhx4d_oc_gj7fNzgt7NyTK66fcEbTf99JhhouuZhKZd1nXcjUzAnw1B-_fHI2g3kvgGbBjT2Ivy_xFLrF3h9NDZboKbntD8UrZ2HFMX6yimOfVLBHKMswiqYGtfIag4C6wTQ3zEILZ3H_yCvCLmB7gOX193gETGy_HgcSm-b5AhvELhwA/s320/Moon%20with%20Regulus%20January1st2024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 1st 0110 GMT Moon </h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The old year had not long given way to the new.
Astronomically speaking, 2023 had been poor, with lots of cloud. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rather like the solar session the day before, there was lots
of moving cloud. I snapped a few photos of the Moon with my DSLR at 300mm focal
length, ISO 100 and 1/320 second exposure. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately, I did not get any useable photos.</p>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-83967016550577072272023-11-30T22:27:00.000-08:002023-12-31T04:08:52.148-08:00December 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">December 31st 1140 GMT Sun</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The Sun was low in the sky, despite being nearly midday and at its highest point in the sky. There was moving cloud, which cleared enough for me to see it through my binoculars and filters. I could not see any sunspots, though.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">December 29th 2350 GMT Moon and Betelguese <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The cloud and haze from the day persisted into the evening.
I snapped the Moon with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/320 second
exposure.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlMSI0PpschRbZaTXx3SMiD5xyp1zYck8ETB8y47C9i_hEzdq-vf_ZT-5RugkqnesUwYLxZIio0NK9qru-gzhw7PLqSnidsakiuOXC1sPC_B5JLHwGDh7PGcvEi9vphlbqGYFUj05yx43N6N5KbWCmX2F3XIKPdtbZhcegO4bd8pkGzDY-RtoMjeRv/s776/Moon%20December%2021st%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlMSI0PpschRbZaTXx3SMiD5xyp1zYck8ETB8y47C9i_hEzdq-vf_ZT-5RugkqnesUwYLxZIio0NK9qru-gzhw7PLqSnidsakiuOXC1sPC_B5JLHwGDh7PGcvEi9vphlbqGYFUj05yx43N6N5KbWCmX2F3XIKPdtbZhcegO4bd8pkGzDY-RtoMjeRv/s320/Moon%20December%2021st%202023.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><o:p> <br /></o:p><o:p> <br /></o:p>Any estimate of the brightness of Betelguese could not be
perfectly accurate in cloudy conditions. It seemed to be about magnitude 0.4.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">December 29<sup>th</sup> 1200 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">A window of opportunity opened for a rare sliver of
astronomical activity. The cloud had thinned enough to let me see the Sun
through my binoculars and filters. Unfortunately, the activity from earlier in
the month had subsided, revealing just a single sunspot.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnmBuME-FvaWqm7qzmyZqJ6C_pNYu1KoJA2CIv2gk9ZbeNhybkzsxoBax1_8kIlU_P3f0UCO1NmfiQOONtKE6YYceBePMlXVHANz9bZ05a8qeKBXXPvvrXoxsYf5o4e8SWZjTw98wvuKnucP_rJY40WpqpHnKkUNDtVaRRg4qZ9M0MsvB5fMCr6Se/s2132/Sunspot%20Drawing%20December%2029th%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="1753" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbnmBuME-FvaWqm7qzmyZqJ6C_pNYu1KoJA2CIv2gk9ZbeNhybkzsxoBax1_8kIlU_P3f0UCO1NmfiQOONtKE6YYceBePMlXVHANz9bZ05a8qeKBXXPvvrXoxsYf5o4e8SWZjTw98wvuKnucP_rJY40WpqpHnKkUNDtVaRRg4qZ9M0MsvB5fMCr6Se/s320/Sunspot%20Drawing%20December%2029th%202023.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">December 21st 1855 GMT Moon and Jupiter <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was a case of cloud-dodging again, as I caught the Moon
and Jupiter together with my phone camera.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ap12JnGV45KEXmDmXBCpQuqvrn7E7DT_1hDeWH9HhziYsrYO5vdQheQedQCOvg2AngSSgkNdP-cBuXFyC9saqndfBV0Z3J1OmIOrrXwaov01He13GJqXDNlgwyh1JfhwK98zJKcSZ5fN6Kaoephx69qlgOojan56hjO3zqKSEuR0OYQt_V-Tccd7/s4080/Moon_With_JupiterDecember21st2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Ap12JnGV45KEXmDmXBCpQuqvrn7E7DT_1hDeWH9HhziYsrYO5vdQheQedQCOvg2AngSSgkNdP-cBuXFyC9saqndfBV0Z3J1OmIOrrXwaov01He13GJqXDNlgwyh1JfhwK98zJKcSZ5fN6Kaoephx69qlgOojan56hjO3zqKSEuR0OYQt_V-Tccd7/s320/Moon_With_JupiterDecember21st2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">December 21st 1645 GMT Moon <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I still had a cold, so I snapped the Moon from our back door
at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/320 second exposure.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqRPLo2vA0qVnG8W18Amc4AfrMP-3u7Sg6aCk9bhz6XyJa6hn9yNGgQ5gpqJrYOlADOJBHzedjWX9QcZXmb1mKSwO-9YwC6L_6Oikb19h3bi5wE-PCpVzaninv3FYPFi1FUeVOimA83NSNevkVLY-2L4i2wu2mRaeeLDSxnlOyBR8LR5NZGEIX4m_/s776/Moon%20December%2021st%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="600" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqRPLo2vA0qVnG8W18Amc4AfrMP-3u7Sg6aCk9bhz6XyJa6hn9yNGgQ5gpqJrYOlADOJBHzedjWX9QcZXmb1mKSwO-9YwC6L_6Oikb19h3bi5wE-PCpVzaninv3FYPFi1FUeVOimA83NSNevkVLY-2L4i2wu2mRaeeLDSxnlOyBR8LR5NZGEIX4m_/s320/Moon%20December%2021st%202023.jpg" width="247" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">December 21<sup>st</sup> 1200 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">As for much of 2023, it was a case of dodging clouds and
managing to record a few sunspots visible through my binoculars and filters. I
was hoping that 2024 might bring in a new era of sunspot viewing and
photography, especially as it was getting closer to solar maximum. However, I
should have been grateful that a haul of no less than nine sunspots seen
through any sort of astronomical instrument was a good result.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmR5kNo0RSdcR9H6dYvUl6tEYh722Cw5pvFn4w5WWtcFHP3Gvp-HLvGnwnMSvZHtG4sd1J9jjYG4o-F7fknYHQWyjGINJTX6suALkgnavrSpxAZlhB89MvZC3E7GoFH2DbFJNQaVPrf5SNsXZG3TelwsisZMytq575BkCoy9eb_y7WqzaauaSpDVWk/s2132/Sunspot%20Drawing%20December%2021st%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="1749" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmR5kNo0RSdcR9H6dYvUl6tEYh722Cw5pvFn4w5WWtcFHP3Gvp-HLvGnwnMSvZHtG4sd1J9jjYG4o-F7fknYHQWyjGINJTX6suALkgnavrSpxAZlhB89MvZC3E7GoFH2DbFJNQaVPrf5SNsXZG3TelwsisZMytq575BkCoy9eb_y7WqzaauaSpDVWk/s320/Sunspot%20Drawing%20December%2021st%202023.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">December 19th 2100 GMT Betelguese<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">There were clear spells and Betelguese was about as bright
as Procyon. Both were brighter than Rigel, due to extinction but noticeably
brighter than Aldebaran, which was much higher in the sky. I concluded that
Betelguese was about magnitude 0.4.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">December 19th 1700 GMT Moon and Jupiter <o:p></o:p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p></div><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><h2 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">I snapped the Moon and Jupiter in the dusk sky with my phone
camera.</span></h2><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rQqTgDFbHIsbDMzTq4sIaueGnM0AEMN4XbO89L3PDg1WRoUBH0XSSy1I7S-q5PhYG31eDX6dtmMNitmUqs6ZObVMryOv9z8dtfmLMtkoo0kXMryK8E78YRl1YAS5D6Ae2Yvp5o-0iBBj07jG4CMDhX_f8UvXsiupupVSu6PhVMPZgf_mUfImhFrk/s3264/Moon_With_JupiterDecember19th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3rQqTgDFbHIsbDMzTq4sIaueGnM0AEMN4XbO89L3PDg1WRoUBH0XSSy1I7S-q5PhYG31eDX6dtmMNitmUqs6ZObVMryOv9z8dtfmLMtkoo0kXMryK8E78YRl1YAS5D6Ae2Yvp5o-0iBBj07jG4CMDhX_f8UvXsiupupVSu6PhVMPZgf_mUfImhFrk/s320/Moon_With_JupiterDecember19th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">December 14<sup>th</sup> 1320 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The clouds eventually cleared enough for me to scan the Sun
with my binoculars and filters. There was a lot of activity, with the region
where the double sunspot appeared a few days before turning even more active.
The bad news was that it was due to rotate off in a few days.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVq21B-ENXwsxzJeUrJwRftEl7Pm_dYiw80ZlVxstqpzyzTiFVa-DFWjem4BcqMgMS7fBmc1IB7LSmYp5shRd-zZtuu78iPxeQGAFR9vwpodU2CLyjjE9n-q-B5mChvq0MDJBYIgDFiPQWGRjFXdimhQ2AH8sYTWksOlYTCTxRTS6ZoADDz6krmD1/s2132/Sunspot%20Drawing%20December%2014th%202023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2132" data-original-width="1753" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVq21B-ENXwsxzJeUrJwRftEl7Pm_dYiw80ZlVxstqpzyzTiFVa-DFWjem4BcqMgMS7fBmc1IB7LSmYp5shRd-zZtuu78iPxeQGAFR9vwpodU2CLyjjE9n-q-B5mChvq0MDJBYIgDFiPQWGRjFXdimhQ2AH8sYTWksOlYTCTxRTS6ZoADDz6krmD1/s320/Sunspot%20Drawing%20December%2014th%202023.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">December 11<sup>th</sup> 1230 GMT Sun</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The clouds cleared long enough to show that the two sunspots
that I had seen 2 days before had rotated and were still close together.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpRHIybyq4Qk2YOBV9v0gbHSrIxn6OfFtwWmS8JJOuKvNlbKq3kt12uKK4b16U50qCHb6KEJ8SxbuDgP3PwfFxrWVL4VnIlUNBzRp3m7AodfJF1jO3XQmAZ-PN8mIvjAdsptj24axCWUmgCiqKCh-Lce2gf5jm5WADFleYEGc3sH82Nnlp-aYUAD0k/s1962/SunspotDrawingrDecember11th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1962" data-original-width="1545" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpRHIybyq4Qk2YOBV9v0gbHSrIxn6OfFtwWmS8JJOuKvNlbKq3kt12uKK4b16U50qCHb6KEJ8SxbuDgP3PwfFxrWVL4VnIlUNBzRp3m7AodfJF1jO3XQmAZ-PN8mIvjAdsptj24axCWUmgCiqKCh-Lce2gf5jm5WADFleYEGc3sH82Nnlp-aYUAD0k/s320/SunspotDrawingrDecember11th2023.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">December 11th 0550 GMT Venus</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I woke up early, too early but it gave me a chance to photograph Venus with my Mak and DSLR at 1,54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/320 second exposure. It was showing a distinct gibbous phase, which would probably not be detectable with my DSLR alone.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuvXjGuzaCvmaq4RY4mqpkc6oqfNRUx9PczKtmUp14OiqgSzdPFvT9J8jZGEGsqa2X9IScVj90AJ0MClylVn4jjJ4e0ekGvSi12PfYnpg-PtsS5Db6gl9ABPwEdjxtJkiAswnle-FIl42Q0NliKrLv8Ebv2xJ72ItqTVWGvayxeotFhKtd4FQ1yagx/s869/Venus_December12th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="869" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuvXjGuzaCvmaq4RY4mqpkc6oqfNRUx9PczKtmUp14OiqgSzdPFvT9J8jZGEGsqa2X9IScVj90AJ0MClylVn4jjJ4e0ekGvSi12PfYnpg-PtsS5Db6gl9ABPwEdjxtJkiAswnle-FIl42Q0NliKrLv8Ebv2xJ72ItqTVWGvayxeotFhKtd4FQ1yagx/s320/Venus_December12th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">December 9th 2235 GMT Meteor Hunt <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I aimed a camera at Gemini in the hope of catching some
Geminid shower meteors. I used my usual settings. I caught a bright one almost immediately.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9hDat7W91YdZNwxKTJBb3SmPZcEb4mz7mR3SlEB578o-ZvRqriZouRhaOfOw_-ajyyuhVBHUXJ72yZOdxciO2bZbN86yp6AQsjQ3h8WjLdxRKNyV2flUPvqSitDaPI-yFvwmU8HhG1gT4c9GDKNHR8SW4aGfWoDM36hchyjNWudEzQ9Tiab0JMWS/s6016/GeminidMeteorDecember9th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS9hDat7W91YdZNwxKTJBb3SmPZcEb4mz7mR3SlEB578o-ZvRqriZouRhaOfOw_-ajyyuhVBHUXJ72yZOdxciO2bZbN86yp6AQsjQ3h8WjLdxRKNyV2flUPvqSitDaPI-yFvwmU8HhG1gT4c9GDKNHR8SW4aGfWoDM36hchyjNWudEzQ9Tiab0JMWS/s320/GeminidMeteorDecember9th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">While checking my camera at 2252 GMT, I saw a faint meteor
in Orion.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">December 9th 1250 GMT Sun</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Sun managed to find a gap in the clouds. Well, scientifically, we know that isn't true and neither the Sun nor the Earth's weather systems have any sort of consciousness that can be controlled or influenced by humans. Still, human perception can deceive us into thinking otherwise. More importantly, I saw two sunspots through my binoculars and filters.'</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3Cw4hLYlTrraCjZNbAZ7u6MHcxCCFdyDN-MxGszG9xdIz0ch0ztBIplhF5NhkTknZd18XFSnDVDt9GMb04OkkTVBMRln44NdmDMELAnv0K3PWhWd1Kbx0gyiOETG-051ThzWiFaOAGbwlmaZnmfm_lucZYQTeYbnbLTNa8XA4ZtCWmm2DdNBR44Q/s885/SunspotDrawingrDecember9th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="699" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-3Cw4hLYlTrraCjZNbAZ7u6MHcxCCFdyDN-MxGszG9xdIz0ch0ztBIplhF5NhkTknZd18XFSnDVDt9GMb04OkkTVBMRln44NdmDMELAnv0K3PWhWd1Kbx0gyiOETG-051ThzWiFaOAGbwlmaZnmfm_lucZYQTeYbnbLTNa8XA4ZtCWmm2DdNBR44Q/s320/SunspotDrawingrDecember9th2023.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">December 8<sup>th</sup> 1015 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Sun was shining through a layer of thin haze. Despite
the activity I had been following on the professional observatories, I did not
see any sunspots.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 6th 0610 GMT Moon and Venus </h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There was some unexpected clear sky, following cloud cover
for several days. I snapped the two objects together with my DSLR at 18mm focal
length, ISO 800 and 1/50 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivujBdxHh0nBovO6yMHUi9F0mnmrZa4EmGbpwiKTfSe5OH-oZY0b-xPx_P-4I9aeue7jiQEIhegNa_Mi5TLXyCcvKm4QlBMtYCdq8LBTj-48wPOtX2fj9t0lhKoV1J3q3x1Cya4TjmWQ5pas0hyphenhyphenNnkYp2Bnj6dJ7zAKgFF3WzjZgfHGc5jyJEL-wiT/s6016/Moon_With_Venus_December6th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivujBdxHh0nBovO6yMHUi9F0mnmrZa4EmGbpwiKTfSe5OH-oZY0b-xPx_P-4I9aeue7jiQEIhegNa_Mi5TLXyCcvKm4QlBMtYCdq8LBTj-48wPOtX2fj9t0lhKoV1J3q3x1Cya4TjmWQ5pas0hyphenhyphenNnkYp2Bnj6dJ7zAKgFF3WzjZgfHGc5jyJEL-wiT/s320/Moon_With_Venus_December6th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I then changed lenses and photographed each of them at 300mm
focal length, ISO 100 and 1/100 second exposure. I did not achieve focus for Venus, although the Moon came out.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-HqahzMSa-YAtuviWtCLOtb2RLwApmgZmhi3k0dMN6FWuiDl-hascAUe9mFeTMRcpJbGGZ6J0l5GitILrkM0CGTPnAGo3LtuV62cSl-cw3JJsBzQccQX7HMzt-YXEm6ry0rgagfiniVYIdtNN5JcoAOZRRYSk1RqejzKecgPdKlQxUjTtib9HyjRx/s676/Moon_December6th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="676" data-original-width="627" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-HqahzMSa-YAtuviWtCLOtb2RLwApmgZmhi3k0dMN6FWuiDl-hascAUe9mFeTMRcpJbGGZ6J0l5GitILrkM0CGTPnAGo3LtuV62cSl-cw3JJsBzQccQX7HMzt-YXEm6ry0rgagfiniVYIdtNN5JcoAOZRRYSk1RqejzKecgPdKlQxUjTtib9HyjRx/s320/Moon_December6th2023.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I combined the two photos.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGeo0EdsF6XzCJjkqZ_sqLQafDQKUDOjwOLC893tNHX3e6vH4fsyvb_V2J-SI55RGetazh1_p5Ne-1qLyLSmg-S36lZTRiqEXkovbOJu5rgRGBDzXeOkXC3HNsOdVqFVt5x13tR2OCDQCmAxAPe4Les_xtExLL26d4UyUFd1y4gkjk5YSDUAwkpkJC/s6016/Moon_With_Venus_December6th2023_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGeo0EdsF6XzCJjkqZ_sqLQafDQKUDOjwOLC893tNHX3e6vH4fsyvb_V2J-SI55RGetazh1_p5Ne-1qLyLSmg-S36lZTRiqEXkovbOJu5rgRGBDzXeOkXC3HNsOdVqFVt5x13tR2OCDQCmAxAPe4Les_xtExLL26d4UyUFd1y4gkjk5YSDUAwkpkJC/s320/Moon_With_Venus_December6th2023_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 2<sup>nd</sup> 1200 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was very misty but I managed to see five sunspots. It was
nice to start the month.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZ0_coExSl7dQOBvheKE-MDxiVYi2D0oDsT_SAajhA-DaIcmhSaAipjkx6ayscc0TxqXT4RrJaYSjn1zPSA6fZ7ttYAP1bs4QR1o-5oz9JVoOEtQ_ZLM5iUfznoOrKTe0V9fGiXjyB4stDwAaoRpHDXp1BdK3yHPETmDlB-YMRNNQ4CSC1Iwjlfdi/s900/SunspotDrawingrDecember2nd2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="724" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQZ0_coExSl7dQOBvheKE-MDxiVYi2D0oDsT_SAajhA-DaIcmhSaAipjkx6ayscc0TxqXT4RrJaYSjn1zPSA6fZ7ttYAP1bs4QR1o-5oz9JVoOEtQ_ZLM5iUfznoOrKTe0V9fGiXjyB4stDwAaoRpHDXp1BdK3yHPETmDlB-YMRNNQ4CSC1Iwjlfdi/s320/SunspotDrawingrDecember2nd2023.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 1st 2030 GMT Moon and Jupiter </h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Although the angular separation between the two objects was
quite large, I was still able to capture them together with my camera phone at
0.5x zoom.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0G-V6FaT4ThZSx5ShboMzZdiJgRxDScgP6ZZkODvgxQOr4LIqmpfh5shOCsYwm_hOltSi1Nikz43dOeZvHHXcOYKhrYvQmtKyTEFOitVgh4UqH8m38wfJabU1Hzxqs6dEguxAQ-wQteFhUfgkmi7LfL9l1_3R6moUpztxNOcxLxxhj8n-BX8u80oG/s2576/Moon_With_JupiterDecember1st2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1932" data-original-width="2576" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0G-V6FaT4ThZSx5ShboMzZdiJgRxDScgP6ZZkODvgxQOr4LIqmpfh5shOCsYwm_hOltSi1Nikz43dOeZvHHXcOYKhrYvQmtKyTEFOitVgh4UqH8m38wfJabU1Hzxqs6dEguxAQ-wQteFhUfgkmi7LfL9l1_3R6moUpztxNOcxLxxhj8n-BX8u80oG/s320/Moon_With_JupiterDecember1st2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 1st 0030 GMT Betelguese</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> I had a quick look outside when letting our dogs out.
Despite the prescene of nearby moonlight, Betelguese easily outshone Procyon.
so I estimated its magnitude to be 0.2.<o:p></o:p></p>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-48703727223059011662023-11-11T14:31:00.004-08:002023-11-30T22:23:39.199-08:00November 2023<h3 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="color: #242424;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">November 30th 1930 GMT Moon and Jupiter <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was clearing. The Moon had not long risen. I could not
get it and Jupiter in the same field of view with my phone camera, so I zoomed
out to 0.5× and got both objects in comfortably.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkls27gtJRC6LvrYgMmyWeryTMmppDMa8UHepL7eOE5VIdk-b753CXOuVjZv4wetbY6BEPFJqUBHWoBrI_-gfz6E-nvXlXqY0KSdPudFgjBoTwcqDUzA0cwSstDxgF4HtnInsU7BqERimXw3YOpeY0NZCbshmo4QWe1HYW9s_NOlKxdfp7ASjiP6z/s4080/MoonWithJupiterNovember28th.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkls27gtJRC6LvrYgMmyWeryTMmppDMa8UHepL7eOE5VIdk-b753CXOuVjZv4wetbY6BEPFJqUBHWoBrI_-gfz6E-nvXlXqY0KSdPudFgjBoTwcqDUzA0cwSstDxgF4HtnInsU7BqERimXw3YOpeY0NZCbshmo4QWe1HYW9s_NOlKxdfp7ASjiP6z/s320/MoonWithJupiterNovember28th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">November 28th 1800 GMT Moon and Jupiter<o:p></o:p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">There was a brief period where I could photograph the Moon with Jupiter with my phone camera. The wide panorama was near the limit of what I could do with my DSLR at 18mm focal length but it was a comfortable shot with my phone camera. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY9zQmIC2Ie4HzlrJEz4QkZpuBD8MTXRN5mw2yLgneHuhfUUDHGw93yDeAAX5QIe6FxHCImCjKfW6aOZn14wKgrmc3dXpigkXw3ilWvzasckdILryOsuqQr5JU6QfJPdoRawDaH4mcGYS8SUAPySRRkzPIlWbr2OrAl7jOZ8IOXLDtom6JSKDzDJ9F/s4080/MoonWithJupiterNovember28th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY9zQmIC2Ie4HzlrJEz4QkZpuBD8MTXRN5mw2yLgneHuhfUUDHGw93yDeAAX5QIe6FxHCImCjKfW6aOZn14wKgrmc3dXpigkXw3ilWvzasckdILryOsuqQr5JU6QfJPdoRawDaH4mcGYS8SUAPySRRkzPIlWbr2OrAl7jOZ8IOXLDtom6JSKDzDJ9F/s320/MoonWithJupiterNovember28th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal">November 25th 1655 GMT Moon and Jupiter <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I snapped the Moon and Jupiter from the car park by the bogs
in Chippenham. I took one shot at normal zoom plus a close-up.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Se7j6zD4zYVzImhbhtCPdMdvfBJyJpyt78qZz8OBOIkaa4di8ptIEptePixfpcZ8sxihBJlCYGefrfrQg_Fs5ZNQNyiBt2MORmyg9txICLyCCNCHap_6wBQGzA7JagY679xKmLu-i60vUwSRhjPRuGXOIXYhVTXt22yN-WxsGEvzve0GwxKU1G_A/s4080/MoonWithJupiterNovember25th_03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Se7j6zD4zYVzImhbhtCPdMdvfBJyJpyt78qZz8OBOIkaa4di8ptIEptePixfpcZ8sxihBJlCYGefrfrQg_Fs5ZNQNyiBt2MORmyg9txICLyCCNCHap_6wBQGzA7JagY679xKmLu-i60vUwSRhjPRuGXOIXYhVTXt22yN-WxsGEvzve0GwxKU1G_A/s320/MoonWithJupiterNovember25th_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVx-i17FyEJggGABKyxv5rsJk_Mj5yaXHuB6GMGrUxuabTRtoI2YiQrEwrqZUimzUFy7qK_eHam3YCYCD1_JkeVRtB1706ja70jtVBsHJ4pR172tbD4Yx-cUaUJO6BXmkHiNk_XHTHo1uZq5xPAuZsoWhIwYxK8MnEBB9T8N_hWGnWZXGNyWmTSQM/s4080/MoonWithJupiterNovember25th_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVx-i17FyEJggGABKyxv5rsJk_Mj5yaXHuB6GMGrUxuabTRtoI2YiQrEwrqZUimzUFy7qK_eHam3YCYCD1_JkeVRtB1706ja70jtVBsHJ4pR172tbD4Yx-cUaUJO6BXmkHiNk_XHTHo1uZq5xPAuZsoWhIwYxK8MnEBB9T8N_hWGnWZXGNyWmTSQM/s320/MoonWithJupiterNovember25th_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">November 25th 0930 GMT Sun</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The sky was clear and I checked the Sun with my binoculars and filters. I was expecting a bit more excitement, as the sunspots rotated closer to the centre of the solar disc. Instead, there was less activity than the two days. </span></span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhCtLETUC4mcak74HeaH6slljMFepyPysSZm4SGVRoeoqPHKflGum5YzQGSzVxh2t6Dp75km1ZRYqvFYTbEhYPv5vy4FVJlbNBy_De39jNFATTYVP60JKGAxsP54emZbOFuGx5iSczK0drgjgP3BgpqS43xZXBXGKXObjsEpKegvVUBc-tUuR6x7k/s884/SunspotDrawingNovember25th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="752" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQhCtLETUC4mcak74HeaH6slljMFepyPysSZm4SGVRoeoqPHKflGum5YzQGSzVxh2t6Dp75km1ZRYqvFYTbEhYPv5vy4FVJlbNBy_De39jNFATTYVP60JKGAxsP54emZbOFuGx5iSczK0drgjgP3BgpqS43xZXBXGKXObjsEpKegvVUBc-tUuR6x7k/s320/SunspotDrawingNovember25th.JPG" width="272" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal">November 25th 0010 GMT Moon and Jupiter </p><div><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">In a few hours more, the Moon and Jupiter moved closer to their conjunction later that night.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyrSMO3bPt5RaT9w7fl_UBOejTJhoQFD2tkKfvEsJyHAaINPDGSAr6xveukM3qQlveX2gmBymoIGJDr0jWtrnYgSrkHEmnFGEWquEbDR00Tg504UeI2U2zq-ZYQ_h_nWVtexu32wgVDy-hCqVLS8y-CnXlUQQjLw9OuOIC6HgVPsIgBE8u6X-Fq1w/s4080/MoonWithJupiterNovember25th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHyrSMO3bPt5RaT9w7fl_UBOejTJhoQFD2tkKfvEsJyHAaINPDGSAr6xveukM3qQlveX2gmBymoIGJDr0jWtrnYgSrkHEmnFGEWquEbDR00Tg504UeI2U2zq-ZYQ_h_nWVtexu32wgVDy-hCqVLS8y-CnXlUQQjLw9OuOIC6HgVPsIgBE8u6X-Fq1w/s320/MoonWithJupiterNovember25th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">November 24th 2100 GMT Moon and Jupiter </p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The Moon moved closer to Jupiter than the evening before.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrOpH5kpY6LuFWQphbVr6gXnyb3M9A0JZH3H-ZOAa_il3xiCpXaZyAmsEb3P0gMW8vVWyoK9ESpEj3ZO7eF4Hl7_lSnwYS1EYnJeFt9Nk1QUP_FwRJa40QvvpJrj5f74_mwOp9p2yc83MIk4RnHuO4yTgcGQzbQ0KRvJbrQ6WS5bY08W4Bho95_Ox/s4080/MoonWithJupiterNovember24th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrOpH5kpY6LuFWQphbVr6gXnyb3M9A0JZH3H-ZOAa_il3xiCpXaZyAmsEb3P0gMW8vVWyoK9ESpEj3ZO7eF4Hl7_lSnwYS1EYnJeFt9Nk1QUP_FwRJa40QvvpJrj5f74_mwOp9p2yc83MIk4RnHuO4yTgcGQzbQ0KRvJbrQ6WS5bY08W4Bho95_Ox/s320/MoonWithJupiterNovember24th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal">November 23rd 1725 GMT Moon and Jupiter <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I photographed them together, as the evening before but from
the doctor's surgery car park.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEXlhnQxW-gSG-G8w4wnZ2AjonI5iOTJ9nzTps1yN7OCKdPXe4c6r-touLcuWVf1laJa4n0yPZ0P72RDQ1TIZIDfeQh009b6SnPpcoPfFASb3FphpfGGs3SRlLX5smh-CCKVYPj6NfvcDxm9CQUJ0l6g6ohyCpfRR1D04YD1CEwCrBtu8AvEMRO3V/s4080/MoonWithJupiterNovember23rd.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizEXlhnQxW-gSG-G8w4wnZ2AjonI5iOTJ9nzTps1yN7OCKdPXe4c6r-touLcuWVf1laJa4n0yPZ0P72RDQ1TIZIDfeQh009b6SnPpcoPfFASb3FphpfGGs3SRlLX5smh-CCKVYPj6NfvcDxm9CQUJ0l6g6ohyCpfRR1D04YD1CEwCrBtu8AvEMRO3V/s320/MoonWithJupiterNovember23rd.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;">November 23<sup>rd</sup> 1200 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">With a clear sky and active Sun, I could be forgiven for
getting outside with my Mak and DSLR, except that I was still getting over a
heavy cold and neither my manager nor my wife would have been impressed. Yet,
if I am well enough to put a coat on and take the rubbish out, I am well enough
to do a binocular scan, right? I’m glad I did. I had seen more sunspots through
my binoculars before but I couldn’t remember when. I saw and drew eight but a
look at the professional observatories suggested that there were about 30 that
I could have caught with my Mak and DSLR.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxs_pob3T7t2_HCyE-QO2NgX9ihNSMEFz1ttMfhwUOVjYOIf8sm_SSffm3C-hcqnbAD_uq_XYMdB-Y0p1MbNU5gehyARjKiqfS7jId6f22XWGVytGzXK1f_qLnA2kgUhhVEL_PtUTYkiqz-RXxpklNdLHKxKFV8zVJSN5tWQlr3hnuvXVTGCCSYSkI/s897/SunspotDrawingNovember23rd.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="752" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxs_pob3T7t2_HCyE-QO2NgX9ihNSMEFz1ttMfhwUOVjYOIf8sm_SSffm3C-hcqnbAD_uq_XYMdB-Y0p1MbNU5gehyARjKiqfS7jId6f22XWGVytGzXK1f_qLnA2kgUhhVEL_PtUTYkiqz-RXxpklNdLHKxKFV8zVJSN5tWQlr3hnuvXVTGCCSYSkI/s320/SunspotDrawingNovember23rd.JPG" width="268" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">Still, 8 was much better than zero.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">November 22nd 2000 GMT Moon and Jupiter <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I really should not have gone to the back door with a cold
but our canines needed potty. I snapped the Moon and Jupiter with my phone
camera.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIdR19fqo6O8VnoSCzFz6uanESFDf6Mddh8_Ir7_V1aGhcXqyKEgF5GJmKicAcgy80m3o723yKZdEw6Ns3oDCs7WAggrRsOD46hKTLdC8LuF2r54M912RKODCtEKcuMPjUVIP56Wmgs43YI0IBLFjugtf_4nO4s3np5YG8lgpBs0294N33x73b7kJE/s1024/MoonWithJupiterNovember22nd.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIdR19fqo6O8VnoSCzFz6uanESFDf6Mddh8_Ir7_V1aGhcXqyKEgF5GJmKicAcgy80m3o723yKZdEw6Ns3oDCs7WAggrRsOD46hKTLdC8LuF2r54M912RKODCtEKcuMPjUVIP56Wmgs43YI0IBLFjugtf_4nO4s3np5YG8lgpBs0294N33x73b7kJE/s320/MoonWithJupiterNovember22nd.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">November 22<sup>nd</sup> 1220 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">
</p><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #cccccc;">Some sunlight broke briefly through thick and thin layers of
moving cloud. I had seen some new sunspot activity on the Learmonth
professional observatory images but the cloud was too thick for any of it to be
visible through my binoculars and filters. So the double frustrations of a cold
and bad weather continued to blight my life, at least from an astronomical
point of view.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5F03-ye-jBRTI8EdEy9Gd0sRjVv6ub-95cJJv5vkVNRSkv5W0cCHmPIf7uFZUVebG2IBzH0H9qPRpi5dF5xq7hKM1nngS05WXWR5l_cwSV5-AcMO2huTAPm2Nt-QKpU4GwbT3wsYugYUTtNEomJ_VQKWiO2Jhb8xd-AcdWk7mnSQzdE6yPQXZ0Cap/s1024/MoonWithJupiterNovember22nd.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5F03-ye-jBRTI8EdEy9Gd0sRjVv6ub-95cJJv5vkVNRSkv5W0cCHmPIf7uFZUVebG2IBzH0H9qPRpi5dF5xq7hKM1nngS05WXWR5l_cwSV5-AcMO2huTAPm2Nt-QKpU4GwbT3wsYugYUTtNEomJ_VQKWiO2Jhb8xd-AcdWk7mnSQzdE6yPQXZ0Cap/s320/MoonWithJupiterNovember22nd.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">November 22<sup>nd</sup> 1220 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">Some sunlight broke briefly through thick and thin layers of
moving cloud. I had seen some new sunspot activity on the Learmonth
professional observatory images but the cloud was too thick for any of it to be
visible through my binoculars and filters. So the double frustrations of a cold
and bad weather continued to blight my life, at least from an astronomical
point of view.<o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">November 15<sup>th</sup> 1200 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There were intermittent breaks in the cloud and they parted
to reveal two small sunspots near the limit of resolution in my binoculars.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44_CVi8KWHuIhEBVHadK0Se-tRr5XiL8_3zfsQg_cXO8UgzDZSSNQ-lr5dogcBPidQVTT6YwWqoTpPmSfkfus1iUv32nX-dNcorYt7NpRbX1tP8Ka_ehqjRUhVs0FpzkrvcdpZF1XNlnplIX5-BjWawO10ZiZ8n38ME-HUw7F2Jfumech7NA8OofR/s900/SunspotDrawingNovember15th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="709" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj44_CVi8KWHuIhEBVHadK0Se-tRr5XiL8_3zfsQg_cXO8UgzDZSSNQ-lr5dogcBPidQVTT6YwWqoTpPmSfkfus1iUv32nX-dNcorYt7NpRbX1tP8Ka_ehqjRUhVs0FpzkrvcdpZF1XNlnplIX5-BjWawO10ZiZ8n38ME-HUw7F2Jfumech7NA8OofR/s320/SunspotDrawingNovember15th.JPG" width="252" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">November 15th 0610 GMT Venus <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">More in hope than expectancy, I snapped Venus in the dawn
sky, hoping to detect its phase, which becomes more difficult as it approaches
full. The image showed that the phase was gibbous and not full but I did not properly "nail" the shot.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3satHUh2Wpu66kleSOIcO51iRPqhyphenhyphenhLlEoG1EuAL05k8NHk4J-7Jp_eH2MobGE5yM7nOl4b__vshKF28IVYQYbPl-Shv0sWtKls_Fz-RcdHRB4Fg2EgckseOSXlO5fq0mu97-10ebepY7K1t4eQxyJKGJm3xWMLb-9SZ-EYy0FIlBPsXWWlZLFtQx/s112/VenusNovember15th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="86" data-original-width="112" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3satHUh2Wpu66kleSOIcO51iRPqhyphenhyphenhLlEoG1EuAL05k8NHk4J-7Jp_eH2MobGE5yM7nOl4b__vshKF28IVYQYbPl-Shv0sWtKls_Fz-RcdHRB4Fg2EgckseOSXlO5fq0mu97-10ebepY7K1t4eQxyJKGJm3xWMLb-9SZ-EYy0FIlBPsXWWlZLFtQx/s1600/VenusNovember15th.JPG" width="112" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">November 11th 0920 GMT Sun <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">
</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It was a bright and sunny morning, so I had to do what I had
to do. I snapped the Sun through my Mak and DSLR at my usual settings.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelrwJAgEWBhFcShPsqIC-_lF0ZNIF8OoJl1VyhGgmCk_YKoEa0pgQJx5U57GdiEU4FIUc8rJi-TJZm3GyJpVR6B5CQTzqo78eacFskl0RsWYvbekYWeEavOpFK7BbHa012OpfYdDdhcoehTzuSFLQ9JRQFgJSQzNESyFC6i_iAQxz7NLNJ_MQquuF/s3834/SunNovember11th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="3834" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhelrwJAgEWBhFcShPsqIC-_lF0ZNIF8OoJl1VyhGgmCk_YKoEa0pgQJx5U57GdiEU4FIUc8rJi-TJZm3GyJpVR6B5CQTzqo78eacFskl0RsWYvbekYWeEavOpFK7BbHa012OpfYdDdhcoehTzuSFLQ9JRQFgJSQzNESyFC6i_iAQxz7NLNJ_MQquuF/s320/SunNovember11th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">November 10th 2015 GMT Meteor Hunt <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">
</p><div style="background-color: white; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I aimed my camera in the direction of Taurus and waited and
hoped!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Alas, it was in vain, as I did not catch any meteors or anything else.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">November 10<sup>th</sup> 1215 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="background-color: white; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I saw what appeared to be two sunspots through my binoculars
and filters. A look at the GONG professional observatories site showed that the
oval sunspot was two that I could not separate in my binoculars.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmpNwJ5bZ-Kj7waFkfMSUi37fzup7aziisWQ9iJ5C_W__UPCpsH_ty3e_ehHx2HGufWcHteFaOHZLQiKjvg92woBG5l7QAnv9Sf3X_ZroZ-agsvX_llzV4Sh4hapwpF_8lrkNhAax5YZrjralRU_sme7iSP4V-DeEOBly4ReFDI9Cm_o5R8bSoT-3/s894/SunspotDrawingNovember10th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="705" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihmpNwJ5bZ-Kj7waFkfMSUi37fzup7aziisWQ9iJ5C_W__UPCpsH_ty3e_ehHx2HGufWcHteFaOHZLQiKjvg92woBG5l7QAnv9Sf3X_ZroZ-agsvX_llzV4Sh4hapwpF_8lrkNhAax5YZrjralRU_sme7iSP4V-DeEOBly4ReFDI9Cm_o5R8bSoT-3/s320/SunspotDrawingNovember10th.JPG" width="252" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></p></div></span></span></h3><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; margin: 0cm; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">November 9<sup>th</sup> 1200 GMT Sun</span></h3><p aria-hidden="true" class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; margin: 0cm;"> </p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #242424; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: 400; margin: 0cm;">After the excitement of the lunar occultation of Venus, I saw a single sunspot through my binoculars and filters before the predicted showers.</p><span face=""Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #242424;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div></h3><div><span face=""Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #242424;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNB3Ys3WWMl6RjsRckT2u6RTd_VOSwqH3LvlKIlUoqm-sjz_kwVmZmmdG-Y6TZB4WGekd7lLsshvL3T9HSXErfblDg_IgxTQ30D_Kx6g7hX0m4NaodX8WmRX3TiTqs-X2Y9D-r5ggq-fE1XoNtubZm33uDeQUqQY499ivwlLOWEatK7uKT2bzpz36q/s901/SunspotDrawingNovember9th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="714" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNB3Ys3WWMl6RjsRckT2u6RTd_VOSwqH3LvlKIlUoqm-sjz_kwVmZmmdG-Y6TZB4WGekd7lLsshvL3T9HSXErfblDg_IgxTQ30D_Kx6g7hX0m4NaodX8WmRX3TiTqs-X2Y9D-r5ggq-fE1XoNtubZm33uDeQUqQY499ivwlLOWEatK7uKT2bzpz36q/s320/SunspotDrawingNovember9th.JPG" width="254" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>November 9th Various Times Occultation of Venus by the Moon</b></span></span></div><div><span face=""Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #242424;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #242424;"><span style="background-color: white;">I followed the occultation of Venus by the Moon. I had a great view through my camera viewfinder but I overexposed all images, except the first, taken at 0718 GMT, <span style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #242424;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcxvCPjoGA3Stxie5XD86Q6T_hvFHtOLU4GHK4o7hPJ5_EsRS5Y_q9GBJ8Sv6rQqYl5RXAxnwohv7AcckEFm4Z34V_Jcu2Dc7p5EBlqtdNrycNH9YK1hlequ6lIj4ODwqQYEmxiQVOq7kbpGUbQlonO0rrhRExdyzdORnNvKUHT8d7J1rJPcfgSRM0/s1782/MoonWithVenusNovember9th0718.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1782" data-original-width="963" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcxvCPjoGA3Stxie5XD86Q6T_hvFHtOLU4GHK4o7hPJ5_EsRS5Y_q9GBJ8Sv6rQqYl5RXAxnwohv7AcckEFm4Z34V_Jcu2Dc7p5EBlqtdNrycNH9YK1hlequ6lIj4ODwqQYEmxiQVOq7kbpGUbQlonO0rrhRExdyzdORnNvKUHT8d7J1rJPcfgSRM0/s320/MoonWithVenusNovember9th0718.JPG" width="173" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #242424;"><span style="font-size: medium;">November 7th Meteor Hunt </span></span></h3><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #242424; font-family: "Segoe UI", "Segoe UI Web (West European)", "Segoe UI", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br aria-hidden="true" /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #242424; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It was supposed to be the peak of the Taurid meteors, which have recently been discovered to be two showers. They have two streams, northern and southern.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #242424; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br aria-hidden="true" /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #242424; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It started off clear, so I set my camera to take photos automatically at my usual settings. However, I cut the session short when it started to rain.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #242424; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #242424; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-weight: 400; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I did not catch any meteors, nor anything else of interest.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 7th 0615 GMT Moon and Venus </h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Moon was even closer to Venus than the day before. I
snapped them together using the same settings as the day before.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRO2RA7Lt7zs1L2iiGQsdbjdAqV2pEFuXUytPLuHZ7BjFjhL29EDBDpTE-FDzAHoYOq6zd6uT4e-WXnGzieaNRVcA3D-qSrtCkgWXtZZJC8-lxT2rbyfQxEpr4XH_WCvjhySLHHkuTBrrrmyGXrQR669_QwK7Ee6xkT8-iZSy45G4aSUMgpHpEsD5z/s2734/MoonWithVenusNovember7th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2332" data-original-width="2734" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRO2RA7Lt7zs1L2iiGQsdbjdAqV2pEFuXUytPLuHZ7BjFjhL29EDBDpTE-FDzAHoYOq6zd6uT4e-WXnGzieaNRVcA3D-qSrtCkgWXtZZJC8-lxT2rbyfQxEpr4XH_WCvjhySLHHkuTBrrrmyGXrQR669_QwK7Ee6xkT8-iZSy45G4aSUMgpHpEsD5z/s320/MoonWithVenusNovember7th.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I snapped both objects separately through my telescope at
1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/200 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3sPingRtnu8fSdoDeggdGdmoXJQcT2vn2VujDps6ZHTWZ3Ih4YRhMIoaKBDCNH7fzzGLaxV9HopcreQsEisYghHUQpyw37ehYpW3ywj-iLZVx5J2ekAHnA0kflCypIr-kBwsnTAhIF5MpmT1L5ZfOguznnRxqMvxXb5OJgpgLX-aCIi9Tt1U_FuSz/s3531/MoonNovember7th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2212" data-original-width="3531" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3sPingRtnu8fSdoDeggdGdmoXJQcT2vn2VujDps6ZHTWZ3Ih4YRhMIoaKBDCNH7fzzGLaxV9HopcreQsEisYghHUQpyw37ehYpW3ywj-iLZVx5J2ekAHnA0kflCypIr-kBwsnTAhIF5MpmT1L5ZfOguznnRxqMvxXb5OJgpgLX-aCIi9Tt1U_FuSz/s320/MoonNovember7th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jd0ATXCunpTiPP8h2ZS0cd62VclkND05cSW1vgVjT2DhEiBYiNFKYZivTh5ArCZN-ysPQ8ZX8xcsjJZqlaL8XQBQDRUUZXHD5LTH3o5ZKromGAfd6zZh6qFyitd9kOVOwRRrnXmcZ7sCsk3DPz5KukiTN_J4v8ymzkrIylVaj0q3LTb4akqBBNDr/s385/VenusNovember7th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="385" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5jd0ATXCunpTiPP8h2ZS0cd62VclkND05cSW1vgVjT2DhEiBYiNFKYZivTh5ArCZN-ysPQ8ZX8xcsjJZqlaL8XQBQDRUUZXHD5LTH3o5ZKromGAfd6zZh6qFyitd9kOVOwRRrnXmcZ7sCsk3DPz5KukiTN_J4v8ymzkrIylVaj0q3LTb4akqBBNDr/s320/VenusNovember7th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;">I combined all 3 photos to get the final result.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga11SKW_qXNcrx195FIJRIF0Z_w9ulaJb7PH0R084m7SSUDrszGgeEZAK75NDgYgKtw8WRYg8pggqx9lNGIJwmHI6XNOj9VrKLO-23Xo_7QLYhh1EfPIrrBpdl0L1eR1EDWUlKVs_xI7iFkdlSg56FbTuU8OIAWtOdLmz1INPkOnmOOZCpg-YEngv8/s2734/MoonWithVenusNovember7th_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2332" data-original-width="2734" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga11SKW_qXNcrx195FIJRIF0Z_w9ulaJb7PH0R084m7SSUDrszGgeEZAK75NDgYgKtw8WRYg8pggqx9lNGIJwmHI6XNOj9VrKLO-23Xo_7QLYhh1EfPIrrBpdl0L1eR1EDWUlKVs_xI7iFkdlSg56FbTuU8OIAWtOdLmz1INPkOnmOOZCpg-YEngv8/s320/MoonWithVenusNovember7th_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size: large;">November 6th 0610 GMT Moon and Venus </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">c<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yjXj4OqH4GqCCTMqWoDjZfyN-Iov0vWYXE3uDTVqWgHxlpQM1dRbsxwizaILF8FA1ZTa31a-9_2KrX3KrKjV7wWIfv90FP5nVYo8p-DI1d3tn9p8uwUYsOq-lVTsiyyNlSsceeXhj9-hbnt2HWd0RTzztwYq3O3JkRUHqO3O3pNtR2eDJdyiwbtO/s6016/MoonWithVenusNovember6th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7yjXj4OqH4GqCCTMqWoDjZfyN-Iov0vWYXE3uDTVqWgHxlpQM1dRbsxwizaILF8FA1ZTa31a-9_2KrX3KrKjV7wWIfv90FP5nVYo8p-DI1d3tn9p8uwUYsOq-lVTsiyyNlSsceeXhj9-hbnt2HWd0RTzztwYq3O3JkRUHqO3O3pNtR2eDJdyiwbtO/s320/MoonWithVenusNovember6th.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I then snapped each of them at 300mm focal length, ISO 100
and 1/200 second exposure. The Moon photo showed well but, with Venus showing only a small image, I did not get focus.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Gf1Fev4fnAWLsV50raqq21t1uAky3dn4BFdnLnrVIMZ3zo-LFBHmyQ3gFWsgzG9nuyoTX4fcjU48RWBbVcYcDMJ17Gxs70pI5nIx-oHxw5oh7ddi5U1mpGuxvSCY96aUA85SpEEWsEdv_OhPg4dqcShmRg5MfgGbXXTLfN6apaEcFMguvQXKiFTC/s687/MoonNovember6th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="588" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Gf1Fev4fnAWLsV50raqq21t1uAky3dn4BFdnLnrVIMZ3zo-LFBHmyQ3gFWsgzG9nuyoTX4fcjU48RWBbVcYcDMJ17Gxs70pI5nIx-oHxw5oh7ddi5U1mpGuxvSCY96aUA85SpEEWsEdv_OhPg4dqcShmRg5MfgGbXXTLfN6apaEcFMguvQXKiFTC/s320/MoonNovember6th.JPG" width="274" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;">The final step was to combine the two photos to get a composite shot.</span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMCT8S_XJ9yG86U-XtmlGyCBB9gXjwnbRy-7fWpSqLR-nfY3O_38zJ4yqUG_D1apxEzewY_w6kn-27TaPqBXvNH2YKizNf7jloH0VadOcl5wfb6xrg9Ebch0j8Aj7GMhUqbKLjF_BZfpAXYc3-X0eRxcv_jiWSCNbI6W2gnvHGXfUFq3rag4MFvS4/s6016/MoonWithVenusNovember6th_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirMCT8S_XJ9yG86U-XtmlGyCBB9gXjwnbRy-7fWpSqLR-nfY3O_38zJ4yqUG_D1apxEzewY_w6kn-27TaPqBXvNH2YKizNf7jloH0VadOcl5wfb6xrg9Ebch0j8Aj7GMhUqbKLjF_BZfpAXYc3-X0eRxcv_jiWSCNbI6W2gnvHGXfUFq3rag4MFvS4/s320/MoonWithVenusNovember6th_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">November 5th 0935 GMT Sun <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was amazing to think that it was well into autumn, yet
still warm enough to wear shorts outside, even though I had coat on top of my
T-shirt. I had a busy day on, so just time for a full disc solar session.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I used my Mak. DSLR and filter at 1.54m focal length, ISO
100 and 1/500 second exposure. I could see sunspots through my camera
viewfinder, so felt optimistic about a result.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlYqtBjAZtDGNrq_ZibKP_RsqHnVodnF1_zLqh1XSQqTHuoCQWzkSUqCPXBtrz5zkqQy4OodRoEldrwsapPq6YPz2remnWiY4jydW1eOlF3UXWmWgKk3U64IiPn0fBbGaQ_wu2qAhqEGJLOulaD295TkngfbeBVhJQHCeooDKxX3-K7-_hJMcOmNZ/s3833/SunNovember5th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3833" data-original-width="3833" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPlYqtBjAZtDGNrq_ZibKP_RsqHnVodnF1_zLqh1XSQqTHuoCQWzkSUqCPXBtrz5zkqQy4OodRoEldrwsapPq6YPz2remnWiY4jydW1eOlF3UXWmWgKk3U64IiPn0fBbGaQ_wu2qAhqEGJLOulaD295TkngfbeBVhJQHCeooDKxX3-K7-_hJMcOmNZ/s320/SunNovember5th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">November 3rd 2120 GMT Meteor Hunt <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I set my camera on my usual settings to take continuous
photos. I aimed at Taurus in the hope of capturing activity from some minor
showers in the area.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">At 2105 GMT, I caught something that I could not explain.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLCLcggyfJ5jsgsTG5T8k8KeE94b7U68QpktcrT8E8RxhByfJSlZG3KGlvXzDgNR57oUBQwXr3qal-4gHLRRiDtSEc1svaj8Xg01DM-yjtZQEtHCrWgSbFVx3NXIp0iH6kuLUA9j3rowJEE3xLnsbNuLok0k0SYmY2H_a0ojDnGSd610yFFke8Yfyl/s225/UFONovember3rd.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="225" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLCLcggyfJ5jsgsTG5T8k8KeE94b7U68QpktcrT8E8RxhByfJSlZG3KGlvXzDgNR57oUBQwXr3qal-4gHLRRiDtSEc1svaj8Xg01DM-yjtZQEtHCrWgSbFVx3NXIp0iH6kuLUA9j3rowJEE3xLnsbNuLok0k0SYmY2H_a0ojDnGSd610yFFke8Yfyl/s1600/UFONovember3rd.JPG" width="225" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div style="text-align: left;">Well, unless you count clouds, satellite and aircraft trails, that was that and no meteors!</div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 3<sup>rd</sup> 1300 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As for the two days before, some solar photons made it
through the cloud and reached my binoculars and filters. There was a new large
sunspot and one of the other two had faded below binocular visibility.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBrH2_n9VjHRg9mTWGIMqna0oXCAX4id4z3lvB_7MemmCcH1399A4Nq5jGIO2hXH7S9kBusD8PrJO8OxelXCEdfQ-UVyuwmbaI5cG50n2mH9aYS5HovjIaBnn8HRQ__ZYMTwOHx-6H-m6FSa8lnMyI5et2wahAxLE3x952v2FCDCOI6Jwh8giutCMc/s899/SunspotDrawingNovember3rd.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="706" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBrH2_n9VjHRg9mTWGIMqna0oXCAX4id4z3lvB_7MemmCcH1399A4Nq5jGIO2hXH7S9kBusD8PrJO8OxelXCEdfQ-UVyuwmbaI5cG50n2mH9aYS5HovjIaBnn8HRQ__ZYMTwOHx-6H-m6FSa8lnMyI5et2wahAxLE3x952v2FCDCOI6Jwh8giutCMc/s320/SunspotDrawingNovember3rd.JPG" width="251" /></a></div><br /><h3>November 1<sup>st</sup> 1220 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The pale midday sunlight reached my binoculars and filters. The sunspots from the day before had apparently grown slightly larger, with the leftmost one fading in intensity.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYby7qFUQBkg_fxEOTX_SShmluemPe35fkp8MMsUJFK1c9QaQfVcdlDtHdyaD0vI2kg7WwROvOHlCOVjsDwQdpxI0Eipm1zJpvGbDBt-QSHhyphenhyphen44a470BuqP59JLy6wy32xrOarpCglFQ3cl4achsZnHs_luRH6j9Zwh1aZqhjr2xUnDaupEfjONH5y/s903/SunspotDrawingNovember1st2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="726" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYby7qFUQBkg_fxEOTX_SShmluemPe35fkp8MMsUJFK1c9QaQfVcdlDtHdyaD0vI2kg7WwROvOHlCOVjsDwQdpxI0Eipm1zJpvGbDBt-QSHhyphenhyphen44a470BuqP59JLy6wy32xrOarpCglFQ3cl4achsZnHs_luRH6j9Zwh1aZqhjr2xUnDaupEfjONH5y/s320/SunspotDrawingNovember1st2023.JPG" width="257" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-21435489174385541572023-10-05T06:04:00.053-07:002023-11-04T04:16:44.934-07:00October 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">October 31<sup>st</sup> 1205 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Conditions were quite poor, with a lot of moving cloud but I
was able to see two sunspots close together through my binoculars and filters.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbWy97JnJODERQMvmVvmBS-1o-h9aWRruKmBEkxrrKzChDztC6vIzTZ4CvDbX_efXRLO_ibqGkRcFvBPG14FmvKBTS3339pOCnJBmj-HpazfvXlgInM2Hic1f61BwnUPhG2isRs5jzLSSD_-iw1gqge23su-exrbdnqnr9ugNd8eFP1pO5qnkrN7W/s896/SunspotDrawing_October31st2023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="714" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCbWy97JnJODERQMvmVvmBS-1o-h9aWRruKmBEkxrrKzChDztC6vIzTZ4CvDbX_efXRLO_ibqGkRcFvBPG14FmvKBTS3339pOCnJBmj-HpazfvXlgInM2Hic1f61BwnUPhG2isRs5jzLSSD_-iw1gqge23su-exrbdnqnr9ugNd8eFP1pO5qnkrN7W/s320/SunspotDrawing_October31st2023.JPG" width="255" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">October 30th 2130 GMT Moon and Jupiter <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Moon and Jupiter were still quite close in the sky and I
photographed them with my phone camera.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfA-AQRToWn8mu71QAlL9dn54m3Chdwl-2ESYZe20mdcXMC8s9SYO3yd4M_eomyC9RGtz-kaRXwHKWXDRVlQgYJnO_pAuniEiUQYHnmIxgWa1wfIhzbf01x7vk3cPyP4Cqeh_cp_ApCZLuEJYFkiKMb0gzxCStX4Y6G9twGT6SiKbEJSFHyfNQkU9/s4080/MoonWithJupiter_October30th2023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXfA-AQRToWn8mu71QAlL9dn54m3Chdwl-2ESYZe20mdcXMC8s9SYO3yd4M_eomyC9RGtz-kaRXwHKWXDRVlQgYJnO_pAuniEiUQYHnmIxgWa1wfIhzbf01x7vk3cPyP4Cqeh_cp_ApCZLuEJYFkiKMb0gzxCStX4Y6G9twGT6SiKbEJSFHyfNQkU9/s320/MoonWithJupiter_October30th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">October 30th 0930 GMT Sun</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I snapped the Sun with my Mak and DSLR at my usual settings. Although I captured some sunspots, stacking could not remove the cloud from the image.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkgN_23FJovobwlcskyKzmfY9ETKt8ZS-u8NzWusi65aq9AAFY25oWlDrxuwR_BMK1VwEiaxWp770e81CPmyS-XlnrO4UgZJXD5CWvvegBMYe0zMGT26r1hIYoY_bAFGOzGVWymL2LGfVo6YkZ3mHJxiu_8S3kWwlSNreQiK3lHE_RrU6n6vbnxko/s3795/SunOctober30th2023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3751" data-original-width="3795" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCkgN_23FJovobwlcskyKzmfY9ETKt8ZS-u8NzWusi65aq9AAFY25oWlDrxuwR_BMK1VwEiaxWp770e81CPmyS-XlnrO4UgZJXD5CWvvegBMYe0zMGT26r1hIYoY_bAFGOzGVWymL2LGfVo6YkZ3mHJxiu_8S3kWwlSNreQiK3lHE_RrU6n6vbnxko/s320/SunOctober30th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">October 29th 2130 GMT Moon and Jupiter <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I took a widefield shot of both objects at 70mm focal
length, ISO 800 and 1/50 second exposure.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrdwich6z5i-cH5Mwf8p_3lFTfHvFONak7oMJO1lhmYoiDvLKYHtXgtUCwtZoRDzWwSLF1IZoHtdu8EdjgSsadrNGzRZ8dyabq7R5RPPAjx5pYMnAHFBWtgCNXH-UKrVDTXlfG1HW3QlZ1EchWxzbd8gyFmaThV19xE9YVDSc7MSkdNldsgns5UoE/s6016/MoonWithJupiter_October29th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidrdwich6z5i-cH5Mwf8p_3lFTfHvFONak7oMJO1lhmYoiDvLKYHtXgtUCwtZoRDzWwSLF1IZoHtdu8EdjgSsadrNGzRZ8dyabq7R5RPPAjx5pYMnAHFBWtgCNXH-UKrVDTXlfG1HW3QlZ1EchWxzbd8gyFmaThV19xE9YVDSc7MSkdNldsgns5UoE/s320/MoonWithJupiter_October29th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I snapped the Moon at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/1600
second exposure.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKBGuA4eq3dxazdjCu4DftgLRHZuw9huV6ZoOB_B3NG1zowNDnsWkA7Nzgu87-XoKG4J5OjlUo3ldB1YAYld_mL3FhBFtNHK2XoRIY6l85s-y9kt9ZRi-RYfZHzR3xCriJkOZ_3VRK2ZHuLANpwuBZ9fgNGcBfk8eXZYlDdAM3RetDYbhiwAPEFoQ/s3976/MoonOctober29th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3976" data-original-width="3795" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAKBGuA4eq3dxazdjCu4DftgLRHZuw9huV6ZoOB_B3NG1zowNDnsWkA7Nzgu87-XoKG4J5OjlUo3ldB1YAYld_mL3FhBFtNHK2XoRIY6l85s-y9kt9ZRi-RYfZHzR3xCriJkOZ_3VRK2ZHuLANpwuBZ9fgNGcBfk8eXZYlDdAM3RetDYbhiwAPEFoQ/s320/MoonOctober29th2023.JPG" width="305" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I ended with some Jupiter shots at 1.54m focal length, ISO 6400 and
1/3 second to try to catch some moons.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rqSglKsLbvYFCXbz2z4PcxWkrLx4VxkGvuBh_lkJGXov8lDP2BsBzTigRx3zvn4n8edjB8On4URJlDWmKVRsaicXV5DYQ3bMLRdQiPMu_9MVuWFd-4n9Ly9HLHyTpkhJB2OUzLrvoWQwL5FdCalDjFjWsYUMR455rO1sdIqWIUNuEwC4SJw9FBEJ/s1232/Jupiter_With_Moons_October29th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1232" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7rqSglKsLbvYFCXbz2z4PcxWkrLx4VxkGvuBh_lkJGXov8lDP2BsBzTigRx3zvn4n8edjB8On4URJlDWmKVRsaicXV5DYQ3bMLRdQiPMu_9MVuWFd-4n9Ly9HLHyTpkhJB2OUzLrvoWQwL5FdCalDjFjWsYUMR455rO1sdIqWIUNuEwC4SJw9FBEJ/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_October29th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br />I then used my WiFi Electronic Eyepiece to take some lunar
closeups.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEFeOOihCOx6kyYaqN0l7tras_rNdUp5Mpy5D2E5mQ8AMS77jUfWEr6dLeNd-28MamoO7fKHYVW6lW0VQmXOt6Asu0WCMvcIwNDvUkg6Sh8K2QaYg5m9ekNU8R_oZntWoxzWXfcqEPoOK26TqZ7iv4KnR3xA8AYPGRWM1gDkZv-u2mxwILmX2eWbtt/s1858/MoonOctober29th2023_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1858" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEFeOOihCOx6kyYaqN0l7tras_rNdUp5Mpy5D2E5mQ8AMS77jUfWEr6dLeNd-28MamoO7fKHYVW6lW0VQmXOt6Asu0WCMvcIwNDvUkg6Sh8K2QaYg5m9ekNU8R_oZntWoxzWXfcqEPoOK26TqZ7iv4KnR3xA8AYPGRWM1gDkZv-u2mxwILmX2eWbtt/s320/MoonOctober29th2023_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQgqRpeeEpbie_Y5bPPauCMULiU3tweyNYKwB76atEsL5ohvUYloYelfbxGq6-M-TGj-qRVvrTI3e5FqjQszHb21pDGBQxMESNn3B2euZs-IhwqFEnSSDz99y_9p58aZf3W1_eA9O3Kl7dHrnfQW_9a_s4QzWFhW5itVeHTq_PKEEeFFhQSqoxb_6/s970/MoonOctober29th2023_03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="970" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizQgqRpeeEpbie_Y5bPPauCMULiU3tweyNYKwB76atEsL5ohvUYloYelfbxGq6-M-TGj-qRVvrTI3e5FqjQszHb21pDGBQxMESNn3B2euZs-IhwqFEnSSDz99y_9p58aZf3W1_eA9O3Kl7dHrnfQW_9a_s4QzWFhW5itVeHTq_PKEEeFFhQSqoxb_6/s320/MoonOctober29th2023_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMNWSnhsWcfAwNTam4ax7hjcZrvq5luoupPxR98nB4MmzLfBln0pcm8s-Wp3qmuA67tiVHAGKunN5pQg5Pl3OV2NDLMBVPogAbqYCZ7apnDjQrNG1yRuvcUbSqbMygm59wDUEa5G_QmTnYTHn1kj6KPl8QBgD_WZikOfdd9mJurkxId518OpNPUsC/s1486/MoonOctober29th2023_04.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="688" data-original-width="1486" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibMNWSnhsWcfAwNTam4ax7hjcZrvq5luoupPxR98nB4MmzLfBln0pcm8s-Wp3qmuA67tiVHAGKunN5pQg5Pl3OV2NDLMBVPogAbqYCZ7apnDjQrNG1yRuvcUbSqbMygm59wDUEa5G_QmTnYTHn1kj6KPl8QBgD_WZikOfdd9mJurkxId518OpNPUsC/s320/MoonOctober29th2023_04.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2HuceR7ZjEUB1NQzSOG2OmgeWRGceIEewKdWsVq48xMgTAr2Po6BnyEGJsNeqe2PE4SCA3bRUrQOjgzWXz1c0Fx4jT-gYBf0NRzZiLxdzp3os5OjpbXW8Vtd4Na8RuRidA3aiIGVzElp3YGXnBVWIHy9pMsB2ftbhjgz5quEJkCnyLJDLuF8p8CB/s658/MoonOctober29th2023_05.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="658" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2HuceR7ZjEUB1NQzSOG2OmgeWRGceIEewKdWsVq48xMgTAr2Po6BnyEGJsNeqe2PE4SCA3bRUrQOjgzWXz1c0Fx4jT-gYBf0NRzZiLxdzp3os5OjpbXW8Vtd4Na8RuRidA3aiIGVzElp3YGXnBVWIHy9pMsB2ftbhjgz5quEJkCnyLJDLuF8p8CB/s320/MoonOctober29th2023_05.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWPD2cjCaqivbdX4rDz8X8Nuaoj0cMsSeSRWLZrUgBjimMZV_JrCWg6oE7aOVcsyI1jxo9irgBH2TfodwK6bq5zOdhaFVr2Dm4qyYZM90wKLHfjtfz7o8tr3HmnJdzbiHE0Tcaru4xblcd3dZE64o8sKzwGASdU3ct0EkMKQMrF6V_VESTDN5Rvq1x/s811/MoonOctober29th2023_06.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="609" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWPD2cjCaqivbdX4rDz8X8Nuaoj0cMsSeSRWLZrUgBjimMZV_JrCWg6oE7aOVcsyI1jxo9irgBH2TfodwK6bq5zOdhaFVr2Dm4qyYZM90wKLHfjtfz7o8tr3HmnJdzbiHE0Tcaru4xblcd3dZE64o8sKzwGASdU3ct0EkMKQMrF6V_VESTDN5Rvq1x/s320/MoonOctober29th2023_06.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4ngI9u5kgfRdSQ2WLHsyUY7IxhqxjIkKbr3WLaXwOkmVAXfnJEi9489c8Wg4XtM0KrdeKIhFNLz8KR2BR8hErcOOdTE7NeoYhA1Zsh1b2m7sa9HjUsrMvcYsZH6mTGd24pttaxvDBy46VkR4UDC7FTuIj_Ym-u8AcleeYY9eZ2cW4dv3ME0xw9ft/s1641/MoonOctober29th2023_07.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="1641" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk4ngI9u5kgfRdSQ2WLHsyUY7IxhqxjIkKbr3WLaXwOkmVAXfnJEi9489c8Wg4XtM0KrdeKIhFNLz8KR2BR8hErcOOdTE7NeoYhA1Zsh1b2m7sa9HjUsrMvcYsZH6mTGd24pttaxvDBy46VkR4UDC7FTuIj_Ym-u8AcleeYY9eZ2cW4dv3ME0xw9ft/s320/MoonOctober29th2023_07.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I took some Jupiter shots but the planet appeared too
bright, although I caught two moons.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlJBPEd1aHgGAnlKUyDfX8uDxq7pXmCaq9-znj8SJIdmJsmu1pg9c23_tg0vgDH0QbXW4VuXhqlpXb-fBCgC6H8lTt4FzIyzN5miD1RhGUEBKeLJzRe8UiWSM__F1tBZJazC1st8QL0rBB0-jli8hhkya_haaXJw00c_LItvShXlI1-Zk-GPxhD2T0/s1190/Jupiter_With_Moons_October29th2023_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="1190" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlJBPEd1aHgGAnlKUyDfX8uDxq7pXmCaq9-znj8SJIdmJsmu1pg9c23_tg0vgDH0QbXW4VuXhqlpXb-fBCgC6H8lTt4FzIyzN5miD1RhGUEBKeLJzRe8UiWSM__F1tBZJazC1st8QL0rBB0-jli8hhkya_haaXJw00c_LItvShXlI1-Zk-GPxhD2T0/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_October29th2023_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I then did some DSLR shots at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100
and 1/250 second exposure.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoaCxM5B_H4gmupgQZy6Fuja8RqLm0WMrND_kiMKvXBrQtW8hldnXiQuKFmTvrOmAvorhBfKls0hlVm3bqryXrPB1gWuHN8by6VGGY2q_AJ0xDKx1JY7A8IFyuWWkcw6YHD6qe4zFo6gaWt4T3RTFTEIxc-3KuZh8yCYZwZ2tM3C4KqLbyZW01QsY/s391/Jupiter_October29th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="391" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoaCxM5B_H4gmupgQZy6Fuja8RqLm0WMrND_kiMKvXBrQtW8hldnXiQuKFmTvrOmAvorhBfKls0hlVm3bqryXrPB1gWuHN8by6VGGY2q_AJ0xDKx1JY7A8IFyuWWkcw6YHD6qe4zFo6gaWt4T3RTFTEIxc-3KuZh8yCYZwZ2tM3C4KqLbyZW01QsY/s320/Jupiter_October29th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I combined the Jupiter shot with one of its moons.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBkqDTBMsNsTgUEtz4sIrf25dZvrM9e_h-aEBF5xKHOjSxJeKt-sDyxapoM6Qocnh8QpU8eK7oXTsSm2Tpu2LTGuIK9Je_P5yF4u3ehtJQCDhq9LpkGbbJzAbxDznMeq4WLfD_vZ-4v2FBF3kQPQJHJ-WKp7lGpkD9bziAknnH13kJHmTBqycUuGs/s1232/Jupiter_With_Moons_October29th2023_03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="940" data-original-width="1232" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBkqDTBMsNsTgUEtz4sIrf25dZvrM9e_h-aEBF5xKHOjSxJeKt-sDyxapoM6Qocnh8QpU8eK7oXTsSm2Tpu2LTGuIK9Je_P5yF4u3ehtJQCDhq9LpkGbbJzAbxDznMeq4WLfD_vZ-4v2FBF3kQPQJHJ-WKp7lGpkD9bziAknnH13kJHmTBqycUuGs/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_October29th2023_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">I combined this with the full disc lunar shot and a shot of the Moon with Jupiter.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdXaDnhlBkmOIMUscIHpnhb9IHTP-ypwTF43QdEMgnluPihyQlQw0HFZHjkrnfXAXPxp9wVXTPjWJg1HxrdZThlcfJ6UTZk3FA9Wu2voCDFbFbkDv9qG3JXWahLXLIUDn0ADtzjK3qp4J0ojxuHGAWoxumwjFnBmpSfe19LjKy45TVAt0wHQwpdvN/s6016/MoonWithJupiter_October29th2023_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimdXaDnhlBkmOIMUscIHpnhb9IHTP-ypwTF43QdEMgnluPihyQlQw0HFZHjkrnfXAXPxp9wVXTPjWJg1HxrdZThlcfJ6UTZk3FA9Wu2voCDFbFbkDv9qG3JXWahLXLIUDn0ADtzjK3qp4J0ojxuHGAWoxumwjFnBmpSfe19LjKy45TVAt0wHQwpdvN/s320/MoonWithJupiter_October29th2023_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">October 26th 2030 GMT Moon <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Moon was nearly full and cloud was scattering its light
everywhere. I snapped it with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100
and 1/500 second exposure.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnazF8HU1ydzuI84NSflY51qgzMMpISiWMjImwaME9YDtJJJk_OMW7btUff2kOuDP4rAS4OnDv8l0PmxEjkpAoYetbQq6dUJ8ehKwRraopsxWcu_0kne972YQeLoTRB4xPiM1W-ixz-dhDGnTcCuIT_7fuISGuyAAz8gjcycCgVpMrgPsiERUt90z/s3834/MoonOctober26th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3834" data-original-width="3767" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUnazF8HU1ydzuI84NSflY51qgzMMpISiWMjImwaME9YDtJJJk_OMW7btUff2kOuDP4rAS4OnDv8l0PmxEjkpAoYetbQq6dUJ8ehKwRraopsxWcu_0kne972YQeLoTRB4xPiM1W-ixz-dhDGnTcCuIT_7fuISGuyAAz8gjcycCgVpMrgPsiERUt90z/s320/MoonOctober26th2023.JPG" width="314" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">October 24<sup>th</sup> 1130 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It was supposed to be getting close to a solar maximum but a
binocular scan of the Sun, with my filters, suggested otherwise, with just a
single, small sunspot to report.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAA9NsAVXKSh0SOIAZCqK4oxF9UXULzz7_hUSKVg4EGRTYvvGnqLSbYclnSUYdvVQ6r4rfQyOL5cegV_XuTWNdZQdyFmkgFenknkD8cso2kIgrZ0FhFGVqpWumDKRxlW3nfWTYQmLCfWRxSOkl3xPJT0v-Uq2JbwjMb_G9Bkyhle-S0R9X0E25F1LT/s900/SunspotDrawing_October24th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="724" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAA9NsAVXKSh0SOIAZCqK4oxF9UXULzz7_hUSKVg4EGRTYvvGnqLSbYclnSUYdvVQ6r4rfQyOL5cegV_XuTWNdZQdyFmkgFenknkD8cso2kIgrZ0FhFGVqpWumDKRxlW3nfWTYQmLCfWRxSOkl3xPJT0v-Uq2JbwjMb_G9Bkyhle-S0R9X0E25F1LT/s320/SunspotDrawing_October24th2023.JPG" width="257" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">October 23rd 0610 GMT Venus <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I snapped Venus with my DSLR at 300mm focal length and 1/200 second exposure. The disc was getting smaller to the point where only one photo was clear enough to see the phase. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mCcPBgkfgp4r9T_4EFsfznsssPvhE8l7Vyf8S4feusGGLgEhuzO5jJcT6tXfUuY5-OtZAk3D3ztPh8Ll0wKqiVrWiF2CSuf3xehUdu39MDoVGnB1KqlCF8vsbdy-Peyv5qMwxfjJyH7hjpmwaLiPDYPi6LksqcTEq4HPUs3CtlYpT8kyKG0aa2yJ/s291/Venus_October23rd2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="291" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5mCcPBgkfgp4r9T_4EFsfznsssPvhE8l7Vyf8S4feusGGLgEhuzO5jJcT6tXfUuY5-OtZAk3D3ztPh8Ll0wKqiVrWiF2CSuf3xehUdu39MDoVGnB1KqlCF8vsbdy-Peyv5qMwxfjJyH7hjpmwaLiPDYPi6LksqcTEq4HPUs3CtlYpT8kyKG0aa2yJ/s1600/Venus_October23rd2023.JPG" width="291" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">October 22nd 1100 GMT Sun</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">As the sky cleared, I took another set of photos, stacked and processed them. Bingo!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MDmluEuLSI9ilSTPTIehf71fshqt3iXWCVRvnqjMHSJ7iYqwUk49tl9D7oQEKo35C56AubkAX1DviGR0p-Ic7_K0-GPnAu4g93cN0gB9n9bWqB5VVDVDVAVQYPZHfeOFkFgeD7X4bxVOo74px2UPhxO8lKpbbkAn2F4DIwRXXZVuO6seo_TlIIzW/s3867/SunOctober22nd2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3795" data-original-width="3867" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2MDmluEuLSI9ilSTPTIehf71fshqt3iXWCVRvnqjMHSJ7iYqwUk49tl9D7oQEKo35C56AubkAX1DviGR0p-Ic7_K0-GPnAu4g93cN0gB9n9bWqB5VVDVDVAVQYPZHfeOFkFgeD7X4bxVOo74px2UPhxO8lKpbbkAn2F4DIwRXXZVuO6seo_TlIIzW/s320/SunOctober22nd2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">October 22nd 0940 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There was some thin cloud around but I had a go at
photographing the Sun with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and
1/500 second exposure.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The stack did not work and the individual photos were too cloudy to be of use. Fortunately, the sky cleared later.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">October 15th 0925 GMT Sun <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It was a nice, bright autumn morning, ideal conditions for
photographing the Sun. I used my Mak, DSLR and filters at 1.54m focal length,
ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5JLLZmg7uA6MAvyycI9BdhqG4HiOnmNydZBxILbECcUprldmfvLLO7hiqXXoKCJfOPyM5moILRMHc4uM1qbWLFwBocpexyJxUjM8hxTDiOVBjYLI7Y7p8r7Jjuz59FQMVhZEx2R_Jn_lHW-1HNVdKqyUl-532Rm8CmzazV-NvRIEW0j_zJn8D6S1/s3817/SunOctober15th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3790" data-original-width="3817" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF5JLLZmg7uA6MAvyycI9BdhqG4HiOnmNydZBxILbECcUprldmfvLLO7hiqXXoKCJfOPyM5moILRMHc4uM1qbWLFwBocpexyJxUjM8hxTDiOVBjYLI7Y7p8r7Jjuz59FQMVhZEx2R_Jn_lHW-1HNVdKqyUl-532Rm8CmzazV-NvRIEW0j_zJn8D6S1/s320/SunOctober15th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">October 14th 2100 GMT Planets and Double Star<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">In contrast to the previous evening, I went for planets. I
attempted to capture Jupiter's and Saturn's moons at 1.54m focal length, ISO
6400 and 1/3 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil3F_fYIIFM8I9xmUljWcKbifehCuza-Pnkv8nNgkoXqSTPgNN2fz40P9CbfwA3ut3DL3ak0pbPKEMlxSGNJu7luilHo7Zr7hln3AN7aCldqqAP-mcKjhCQ-QXx4ZXNQEaYgdN02TaRW1f_sT4_vVAS0jsVxs009qtKuEq5RTd0hRqwB94XPbL4WuX/s1238/Jupiter_With_Moons_October14th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="1238" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil3F_fYIIFM8I9xmUljWcKbifehCuza-Pnkv8nNgkoXqSTPgNN2fz40P9CbfwA3ut3DL3ak0pbPKEMlxSGNJu7luilHo7Zr7hln3AN7aCldqqAP-mcKjhCQ-QXx4ZXNQEaYgdN02TaRW1f_sT4_vVAS0jsVxs009qtKuEq5RTd0hRqwB94XPbL4WuX/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_October14th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2YRO4nalowaLrNnypj6g3_h6WAWSFLQTMSnvEoAPi1dsa-78uBZrJgZjIIEfR2Nh6gXZH2X0g84-lycrN2waUmJrrFHsn1pgH_vkVGfoyefcyDmJLO2tAwnGkdKQhuGrbBCImQSo1g9N25TaQrf5JimhiX5Uil87WalhkAAFGw83MnVZu-Y23G1Rb/s908/Saturn_With_Titan_October14th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="908" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2YRO4nalowaLrNnypj6g3_h6WAWSFLQTMSnvEoAPi1dsa-78uBZrJgZjIIEfR2Nh6gXZH2X0g84-lycrN2waUmJrrFHsn1pgH_vkVGfoyefcyDmJLO2tAwnGkdKQhuGrbBCImQSo1g9N25TaQrf5JimhiX5Uil87WalhkAAFGw83MnVZu-Y23G1Rb/s320/Saturn_With_Titan_October14th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I then lowered the ISO setting to 100 and exposure to 1/25
second to try to capture planetary detail.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhu6FarRRmpi_e5o6sbiCAktc7-FhWOYPHGYh80hMu2pGkENcCvsF3fiDpWJfvR4qV9orcBfmYKpGCB9efOqrocOy1QbOlu408H65q2hEPQ8YYejiUthGPp6-1GEwkjgAlw6dHFSguHPf4pQupmtmAzwyMCs-fRy_RIQXm0ILW3EG6h5A7NLHkmSxd/s600/Jupiter_October14th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="600" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhu6FarRRmpi_e5o6sbiCAktc7-FhWOYPHGYh80hMu2pGkENcCvsF3fiDpWJfvR4qV9orcBfmYKpGCB9efOqrocOy1QbOlu408H65q2hEPQ8YYejiUthGPp6-1GEwkjgAlw6dHFSguHPf4pQupmtmAzwyMCs-fRy_RIQXm0ILW3EG6h5A7NLHkmSxd/s320/Jupiter_October14th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqaa1URDyRhEv3zxM9i49ui1hOYwpzLLmpyoxOK4VUblfgMQbTUWzi5ARug9UQ8H3-tEGjKsapF5Mcvp7xryP9DwsIbUNw8a6AewDENqz8vc5oaaYSJ-cyuJnh0AXeQL3oTtQPpog5PZ1jBnw69hexbmMWDENlILMiS8GBNBJH_Vs2J2qN0ghqk9E/s281/Saturn_October14th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="281" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGqaa1URDyRhEv3zxM9i49ui1hOYwpzLLmpyoxOK4VUblfgMQbTUWzi5ARug9UQ8H3-tEGjKsapF5Mcvp7xryP9DwsIbUNw8a6AewDENqz8vc5oaaYSJ-cyuJnh0AXeQL3oTtQPpog5PZ1jBnw69hexbmMWDENlILMiS8GBNBJH_Vs2J2qN0ghqk9E/s1600/Saturn_October14th2023.JPG" width="281" /></a></div><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I then combined images to show the planets and their moons.</span></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyCwM0e-TfOfkJPkeDcAHtFYZTB_GpjyH0DsZlB7VtXV6ap5HVERSBnK8yJ016b3mDiiff5K9b5ttDzIBAqxQVHanA6rtpmwar9suN3UXlJaggvcUqDqX9jujBf-KkadxAoxlkhxFRTaQzO0oE_YoVGwA17e4FoP2Vt1yp7RUL-vagmZrLS9usnzpU/s1238/Jupiter_With_Moons_October14th2023_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1017" data-original-width="1238" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyCwM0e-TfOfkJPkeDcAHtFYZTB_GpjyH0DsZlB7VtXV6ap5HVERSBnK8yJ016b3mDiiff5K9b5ttDzIBAqxQVHanA6rtpmwar9suN3UXlJaggvcUqDqX9jujBf-KkadxAoxlkhxFRTaQzO0oE_YoVGwA17e4FoP2Vt1yp7RUL-vagmZrLS9usnzpU/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_October14th2023_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQe3J7oukrY7Zyxw13n_trhFI5663_6RrZUOyKmSK9FvNEIhVm1zibljqfHYL6So8h70SgZaXP4lsm8k0x6PbsmHZYZ9KMdND6B7tWpFoWpFj854QCmjFGKCVoCvaJpUR5h96FfqJCden3y6ftu3bXUzlto1KDVJcQYzpZufu5IMSyfxRmpnwf9aOn/s908/Saturn_With_Titan_October14th2023_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="908" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQe3J7oukrY7Zyxw13n_trhFI5663_6RrZUOyKmSK9FvNEIhVm1zibljqfHYL6So8h70SgZaXP4lsm8k0x6PbsmHZYZ9KMdND6B7tWpFoWpFj854QCmjFGKCVoCvaJpUR5h96FfqJCden3y6ftu3bXUzlto1KDVJcQYzpZufu5IMSyfxRmpnwf9aOn/s320/Saturn_With_Titan_October14th2023_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> I was quite pleased with how Jupiter's moons came out. I caught the main cloud belts but nothing else on the planet. I had previously had better results with webcams.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I then went for the double star Gamma Arietis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjU7VKANECnARNUoS-9Vk8cJesKVsuCAfmOmLsoPEWsVjDUp0OJ3v0MtIHWbRw0Ta6qOV_crQQ25jpTo1FE1bMtn4gVEsN1JedefYQaY4JmBKzt4kLSTliB4fDfKwWbYL7MAxCMQA5LZcqwIfQZT-mz5UvLWhd-AKz-13xJ_SnoP94a_aEjql055g6/s418/GammaArietis_October14th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="369" data-original-width="418" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjU7VKANECnARNUoS-9Vk8cJesKVsuCAfmOmLsoPEWsVjDUp0OJ3v0MtIHWbRw0Ta6qOV_crQQ25jpTo1FE1bMtn4gVEsN1JedefYQaY4JmBKzt4kLSTliB4fDfKwWbYL7MAxCMQA5LZcqwIfQZT-mz5UvLWhd-AKz-13xJ_SnoP94a_aEjql055g6/s320/GammaArietis_October14th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 13th 2250 GMT Widefield Session</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The sky was clear after a day of heavy rain. I started off
trying to catch Jupiter's moons with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 6400
and 2 seconds exposure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYX_lWbyK-jD8chlS9hK_2or7_S9ziAUEf1GRoA9sPs3Q0vZE-1f6og-3hdgICINTmqlP7xfzieLqs_dnVMOKv3d4RfXH3lWQnC6cRpqS5ic5ayVgFVHfBOq7V9jCtHUMSOTTKgRjG8j0CAdrgGuTjaS5jWS14xcPXpLsW_v2i1AHY1cZ9Q3F6SO3n/s6016/Jupiter_With_Moons_October13th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYX_lWbyK-jD8chlS9hK_2or7_S9ziAUEf1GRoA9sPs3Q0vZE-1f6og-3hdgICINTmqlP7xfzieLqs_dnVMOKv3d4RfXH3lWQnC6cRpqS5ic5ayVgFVHfBOq7V9jCtHUMSOTTKgRjG8j0CAdrgGuTjaS5jWS14xcPXpLsW_v2i1AHY1cZ9Q3F6SO3n/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_October13th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I repeated this for the Pleiades. I adjusted the focus.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJR1_JK-8I3FV2Hmf8_gW8UHr0voSw0e_drhPLbaWn22N1QLw2oCsQLkLI3PrcIW5SCxXrDvRFx4hLSGwx8_omZA8Mm2P1ERNltko-IEMeOOHo3U4OVrCB5E-qZ9ILD55CJHjLq2ofDm7zyXHaT2ULAjCvNPIKZoJ5-zUNV29-3LPpd1Z1R7ooP3AW/s6016/M45_October13th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJR1_JK-8I3FV2Hmf8_gW8UHr0voSw0e_drhPLbaWn22N1QLw2oCsQLkLI3PrcIW5SCxXrDvRFx4hLSGwx8_omZA8Mm2P1ERNltko-IEMeOOHo3U4OVrCB5E-qZ9ILD55CJHjLq2ofDm7zyXHaT2ULAjCvNPIKZoJ5-zUNV29-3LPpd1Z1R7ooP3AW/s320/M45_October13th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I followed up with some more photos of Jupiter's moons. An a</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">ttempted stack in Sequator obscured one of the moons but a single frame photo "nailed" the shot.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmmiHYHNZVrkpsTz9RSJR8CYfOmrwVjjY9smiLoqPqd19iH5djKUXcVSNaWKiqxXOkC3vGWpqmD9e-ZXe4U-e8cRNu_zhmoL18oX5HuQpSxAYr3HrBxdevwZxOJuaq0dqDRVr-LMSfQNhSM_jqZFEwgGmmRaChSzofYqlo41vjx2C_4RI-Z5FRQuj/s6016/Jupiter_With_Moons_October13th2023_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXmmiHYHNZVrkpsTz9RSJR8CYfOmrwVjjY9smiLoqPqd19iH5djKUXcVSNaWKiqxXOkC3vGWpqmD9e-ZXe4U-e8cRNu_zhmoL18oX5HuQpSxAYr3HrBxdevwZxOJuaq0dqDRVr-LMSfQNhSM_jqZFEwgGmmRaChSzofYqlo41vjx2C_4RI-Z5FRQuj/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_October13th2023_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2bUO51jKinpxO1_ut6bRS5cOtMWlYiPXG92blx1IiCiM1vpcsdVPKBO0bqElJZbVjv3iLrXYJpHjVG0rZGYNx4eIOFQnk0-5wX6dk63Va_C6e7QQG_aZbDrKCFPwPH6Su304EwcaHDvj-sq0o2zQObxIfOLSqzXylqL73WajBTML8wYpqBS9ergZ/s6016/Jupiter_With_Moons_October13th2023_03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje2bUO51jKinpxO1_ut6bRS5cOtMWlYiPXG92blx1IiCiM1vpcsdVPKBO0bqElJZbVjv3iLrXYJpHjVG0rZGYNx4eIOFQnk0-5wX6dk63Va_C6e7QQG_aZbDrKCFPwPH6Su304EwcaHDvj-sq0o2zQObxIfOLSqzXylqL73WajBTML8wYpqBS9ergZ/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_October13th2023_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I changed the focal length to 70mm focal length and 8
seconds exposure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I did some more Pleiades shots.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZ0RDroonPkHnlBI7fYHlnGf4JMNMFgAnBX8dgl2JKLeL4i5wkB1_RZtBIcI4SP5VL1U5lAAYhi1lU0rNshpoqM5GUxX6-kIgpx6JKulZf9ev4KtFkPVCkeHZjTy-C6pMTydjVPJG_XiazUhQ7R_0jcIvU2cH41Ttv4ozmvxX085EPBuE7t3X8469/s6016/M45_October13th2023_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZ0RDroonPkHnlBI7fYHlnGf4JMNMFgAnBX8dgl2JKLeL4i5wkB1_RZtBIcI4SP5VL1U5lAAYhi1lU0rNshpoqM5GUxX6-kIgpx6JKulZf9ev4KtFkPVCkeHZjTy-C6pMTydjVPJG_XiazUhQ7R_0jcIvU2cH41Ttv4ozmvxX085EPBuE7t3X8469/s320/M45_October13th2023_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Next was the Hyades.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbBtEVTCWbwGHjpCYMjSC1yJDSfbZRMIgI1PmzSv8yqDQ6CEXwDaBAAnlQ11bPGH_Mcs2lAUy8IreFHDt1NMN0GiBbVmRK2qlnplyYuIdQ2BdD_PbM3gAyWiF9GOdujEGoq-TR4qROutauuEjXv4XYbsOpKTpZf14NBfQQCEtxGx8df4Ex8nxewCv/s6016/Hyades_October13th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAbBtEVTCWbwGHjpCYMjSC1yJDSfbZRMIgI1PmzSv8yqDQ6CEXwDaBAAnlQ11bPGH_Mcs2lAUy8IreFHDt1NMN0GiBbVmRK2qlnplyYuIdQ2BdD_PbM3gAyWiF9GOdujEGoq-TR4qROutauuEjXv4XYbsOpKTpZf14NBfQQCEtxGx8df4Ex8nxewCv/s320/Hyades_October13th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I had never caught the Crab Nebula on camera before but I had
a go anyway. I was not able to identify everything in the photo, so I needed to check my atlas. I saw 3 extended objects and a few apparent star clusters. My atlas suggested that the object near the top left was probably it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1yrLJl55ZqkV5gIqkW4yr9cvEpsNYRNCLmofVCTCKvwa_cAm-sMolQZYBRK277YpZ63xLOeN-nBtgWkqiBQiG3BXjfr5KuHxRgv4Eu4CMz7bxRo2bTxV64x-oExYHUa_5882J1TlkrKdLpJT-6BBPpjn1H82GAUga52rCr7l-0QSjORaU1i8RntO/s6016/M1_October13th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1yrLJl55ZqkV5gIqkW4yr9cvEpsNYRNCLmofVCTCKvwa_cAm-sMolQZYBRK277YpZ63xLOeN-nBtgWkqiBQiG3BXjfr5KuHxRgv4Eu4CMz7bxRo2bTxV64x-oExYHUa_5882J1TlkrKdLpJT-6BBPpjn1H82GAUga52rCr7l-0QSjORaU1i8RntO/s320/M1_October13th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I finished with M37, perhaps a more realistic target. I think I might have lost the cluster in the stellar background. No, it turns out that I was aiming too far north! Nevertheless, it was an interesting star field.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-WZ0V-pjIUHJfI3DGbrFvcjh3iqxYedqFI7CHCqe7YkXxCus3fvXGdTGRFGjjLNdFP3YoFy9vkaApv2s085Mg0QnAbdfBcpsAOj4eVP9X2D7EGJfKek0Ep3HVGkdCvFguKNjgEiof42xlw-0rYHEvY9s7PDwRj1FX2EyBEYnYHvECCwlr5e40qa1/s6016/M37_October13th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO-WZ0V-pjIUHJfI3DGbrFvcjh3iqxYedqFI7CHCqe7YkXxCus3fvXGdTGRFGjjLNdFP3YoFy9vkaApv2s085Mg0QnAbdfBcpsAOj4eVP9X2D7EGJfKek0Ep3HVGkdCvFguKNjgEiof42xlw-0rYHEvY9s7PDwRj1FX2EyBEYnYHvECCwlr5e40qa1/s320/M37_October13th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I took some dark frames at 8 seconds followed by some at 2
seconds.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I cleaned up the backgrounds of the Hyades, Crab Nebula and both close-up and widefield Pleaides shots and adjusted exposure and darkness settings in GIMP.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsl5Y5lIWVdbenDM7h2OKcUb1p3Vy8g9XuInOo2v4IQaaF65qeLEI0j5b7RNCmYhjhScuzQ-hqja6nFWUxlIrL23IJJPWJdTV6xRUsHv7On2aBB6ji7UU0IyQ_2jRx_JAytPYYjG9fypSx4D1O6lAcT_8B5Aq8npoD4MASO_P1MVFpsgCN49HF174b/s6016/Hyades_October13th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsl5Y5lIWVdbenDM7h2OKcUb1p3Vy8g9XuInOo2v4IQaaF65qeLEI0j5b7RNCmYhjhScuzQ-hqja6nFWUxlIrL23IJJPWJdTV6xRUsHv7On2aBB6ji7UU0IyQ_2jRx_JAytPYYjG9fypSx4D1O6lAcT_8B5Aq8npoD4MASO_P1MVFpsgCN49HF174b/s320/Hyades_October13th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7h-p_l1w1-NafV1gzdsr_dm9k1wdzwe3XcgPXsnd8Fp7q4pSLjH5w_TzbdLncTfr3MF93gxYEbDfy9l-yBMhSegkDXqKBsV5zPUA2eZJNVnWpnwLYHAqn1mDKiVY6xNHzpZrep_9aiUdMRQ9fOsGVMgGwb5gRulJqZQ4RAnxi6EROhc7A2wJP5XQd/s6016/M1_October13th2023_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7h-p_l1w1-NafV1gzdsr_dm9k1wdzwe3XcgPXsnd8Fp7q4pSLjH5w_TzbdLncTfr3MF93gxYEbDfy9l-yBMhSegkDXqKBsV5zPUA2eZJNVnWpnwLYHAqn1mDKiVY6xNHzpZrep_9aiUdMRQ9fOsGVMgGwb5gRulJqZQ4RAnxi6EROhc7A2wJP5XQd/s320/M1_October13th2023_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AuykV7r6sTaJb2E8T-af6fbORb2qT8UWe1jT6M1NBYrjOkzkmt8Dw-HANJr_pvQB8QGITiZ9iRE4f5R_e8Ucac0QqRgeaQlRmDuk0T6DS0H2PCQArFaWW9ly61KHDELCebZve6XJ6S9A779GHE-HH7rS5QAvdH05SBO983KEUkru4FRPh5CrBfi5/s6016/M45_October13th2023_03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7AuykV7r6sTaJb2E8T-af6fbORb2qT8UWe1jT6M1NBYrjOkzkmt8Dw-HANJr_pvQB8QGITiZ9iRE4f5R_e8Ucac0QqRgeaQlRmDuk0T6DS0H2PCQArFaWW9ly61KHDELCebZve6XJ6S9A779GHE-HH7rS5QAvdH05SBO983KEUkru4FRPh5CrBfi5/s320/M45_October13th2023_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhcfevz7t5VqEybKNFRivKWBTKiQMZtNfwlDK_n6MNNY3J-spWfNffxP8SeiGZ45QAMStUaSAXrZ_i_2_MEUP-TgR3m3RJneqtw24U95RxTkSbibZieCBlIMT65s_CCZsh4EurqY9-VanIptF43ySfFkl9DhajXHF2AywEbqECDQMC5fHViSVA_o7G/s6016/M45_October13th2023_04.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhcfevz7t5VqEybKNFRivKWBTKiQMZtNfwlDK_n6MNNY3J-spWfNffxP8SeiGZ45QAMStUaSAXrZ_i_2_MEUP-TgR3m3RJneqtw24U95RxTkSbibZieCBlIMT65s_CCZsh4EurqY9-VanIptF43ySfFkl9DhajXHF2AywEbqECDQMC5fHViSVA_o7G/s320/M45_October13th2023_04.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">October 10th 0545 GMT Moon and Venus <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I snapped the Moon and Venus together with my DSLR at 70mm
focal length, ISO 100 and 1/50 second. I combined 5 images using Sequator and finished in GIMP.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCwYKopSeEr6tx1uzwbnGfDc1BMELfB8duGVmc6Cd7cZrsSkK0EXnqOHvZjKRaSED7iX5Sp0EUHhh9Av9DJOy1x3L3C9FHoU-jN943TsPiYHhGG7XUvNa7iSsFbhJ1EQyCLCARwFIy1gvczUEoQ6WGkPIZGSD-i9I0ajDV4DhhG3tXx3zUR_y8GC3/s2365/MoonWithVenus_October10th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2365" data-original-width="1727" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSCwYKopSeEr6tx1uzwbnGfDc1BMELfB8duGVmc6Cd7cZrsSkK0EXnqOHvZjKRaSED7iX5Sp0EUHhh9Av9DJOy1x3L3C9FHoU-jN943TsPiYHhGG7XUvNa7iSsFbhJ1EQyCLCARwFIy1gvczUEoQ6WGkPIZGSD-i9I0ajDV4DhhG3tXx3zUR_y8GC3/s320/MoonWithVenus_October10th2023.JPG" width="234" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I snapped each at 300mm focal length.<o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2OQHm6u__HgG91FB5OmZqRZCFiZ0Rg4osOLICozr0q5Fi8ty9O0WHD32JOBklIoO0meR66FOLhT_M3fWVpKZiDOWJcps2kXxX3GNAPSqyPFY9Wvfgth5Ll9vtUh7vETufxegz-i1iJxNGKSMNGhTCNd4h5hdUKN4Y0Nodh3D88xHVlWLnZLZu10-/s770/MoonOctober10th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="770" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG2OQHm6u__HgG91FB5OmZqRZCFiZ0Rg4osOLICozr0q5Fi8ty9O0WHD32JOBklIoO0meR66FOLhT_M3fWVpKZiDOWJcps2kXxX3GNAPSqyPFY9Wvfgth5Ll9vtUh7vETufxegz-i1iJxNGKSMNGhTCNd4h5hdUKN4Y0Nodh3D88xHVlWLnZLZu10-/s320/MoonOctober10th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtWwzgIhKw3W4RFzFJcBf3f7rU11toHXLJu8ToPEmX6ik8v6PAgk6mneJiyjFIUc7vo8VfBIj7RxjC9s6_jDB68ITZLQQrjBs-4bbNDurbmub1XPCnMDXCYR1B1NexpOqn7neUfFPyylV3Xvt9DsK0rkIxf7M0KgljgxOusdQSJuOUWAIvoQSg8oq/s429/Venus_October10th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="429" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEtWwzgIhKw3W4RFzFJcBf3f7rU11toHXLJu8ToPEmX6ik8v6PAgk6mneJiyjFIUc7vo8VfBIj7RxjC9s6_jDB68ITZLQQrjBs-4bbNDurbmub1XPCnMDXCYR1B1NexpOqn7neUfFPyylV3Xvt9DsK0rkIxf7M0KgljgxOusdQSJuOUWAIvoQSg8oq/s320/Venus_October10th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">October 9th 1925 GMT Meteor Hunt<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It was the last day of the Draconid shower. I set my camera
to take photos using my usual settings and hoped.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">At 1938 GMT I caught a bright meteor with a short trail near Vega. Due to the direction of travel, it was a non-shower meteor.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmt_YaCB17VPiDwZDX895xn4HP-npfEibHdT2h1r1X6njbTwQxyiL7Ytg1iwiJm2tzA2JGqpDmDYup1Jdyg3M_WKxSHJAdsum_Us8xOil0SFAWXgr9OrpvRGp-rnYDKgWoWvL-_m6OW54kmpP6sr6qJ_WNULzFsc6ALIYwu9-RoMwoc5Fd3udUCFh/s1766/Meteor_October9th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="1766" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUmt_YaCB17VPiDwZDX895xn4HP-npfEibHdT2h1r1X6njbTwQxyiL7Ytg1iwiJm2tzA2JGqpDmDYup1Jdyg3M_WKxSHJAdsum_Us8xOil0SFAWXgr9OrpvRGp-rnYDKgWoWvL-_m6OW54kmpP6sr6qJ_WNULzFsc6ALIYwu9-RoMwoc5Fd3udUCFh/s320/Meteor_October9th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">At 1947 GMT, I caught a meteor travelling in the right direction to be a true Draconid.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSv5tUYAYPV8mEu8PcV9cN7mw9Zuqk7QSpj7YC7S1oBqfJpt0Th2qg-uVmwTM4L74c-NOcbWWl9qFmtvMCzbTw4YNj3Gv3LEGsjtrlwi2Ht7X_MUmnBDlLGwW1hlGVUhGo51EPZsXt-wAoRkgCY0luWUExkio5BKn4iTv9e_lX7JhXlGHcjqJC-L6/s6016/DraconidMeteor_October9th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiSv5tUYAYPV8mEu8PcV9cN7mw9Zuqk7QSpj7YC7S1oBqfJpt0Th2qg-uVmwTM4L74c-NOcbWWl9qFmtvMCzbTw4YNj3Gv3LEGsjtrlwi2Ht7X_MUmnBDlLGwW1hlGVUhGo51EPZsXt-wAoRkgCY0luWUExkio5BKn4iTv9e_lX7JhXlGHcjqJC-L6/s320/DraconidMeteor_October9th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdz8vjLBwb1CgWkjvsGrKh5iBQNAS_B5OuOUZaXaLCxvpnHo7iNcWoiguHs81HaOjNXk6O6w2gU7iY1beCfmfzslRN5AvOeFCY2rg7gFugSaQi_FgQtTKTH9Zyo86IA6NbIajmxooOvO_A5_2JsKSLMhn6_iSY1Mbhtd1SpbowPTeQknrh_5DkAn1Q/s566/DraconidMeteor_October9th2023Close.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="566" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdz8vjLBwb1CgWkjvsGrKh5iBQNAS_B5OuOUZaXaLCxvpnHo7iNcWoiguHs81HaOjNXk6O6w2gU7iY1beCfmfzslRN5AvOeFCY2rg7gFugSaQi_FgQtTKTH9Zyo86IA6NbIajmxooOvO_A5_2JsKSLMhn6_iSY1Mbhtd1SpbowPTeQknrh_5DkAn1Q/s320/DraconidMeteor_October9th2023Close.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">At 2026 GMT I caught a faint sporadic meteor with a short trail.<br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR91aO9ihUiEsi5YGg7i30vkHKztEtuaGO8wPbkf6Khc5_uIPJ6Xvzv-XPJ4JPQDKfV0v1G_XSZcsfapkFHyeUPYMVx84lRA0crkqJiVQZcidS5MEZeJlFpmRZbnIIjLHtZ-bp1aJMqwQOR2VGQO1aas5iYXfPWwVxDyj0PmgJwfMbLamtLEQdea_V/s6016/Meteor_October9th2023_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR91aO9ihUiEsi5YGg7i30vkHKztEtuaGO8wPbkf6Khc5_uIPJ6Xvzv-XPJ4JPQDKfV0v1G_XSZcsfapkFHyeUPYMVx84lRA0crkqJiVQZcidS5MEZeJlFpmRZbnIIjLHtZ-bp1aJMqwQOR2VGQO1aas5iYXfPWwVxDyj0PmgJwfMbLamtLEQdea_V/s320/Meteor_October9th2023_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RfSUnG7fx47LFgFcwatD-kO-XIam82pETYu_DS972JJmUgU1hlw2Evv4Veyph9tF2HOhtD4v7_sZyxwiARibVLy8rZasrzF2G8xnQqnYkgCMT2y5xCuOMydBcMlaOrwuxJ8FxoJohrFiRQpgEaSy_CA1WG7Gkm6GEEL239yJJl_CDYuQ7utB28O0/s1253/Meteor_October9th2023_02Close.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1078" data-original-width="1253" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2RfSUnG7fx47LFgFcwatD-kO-XIam82pETYu_DS972JJmUgU1hlw2Evv4Veyph9tF2HOhtD4v7_sZyxwiARibVLy8rZasrzF2G8xnQqnYkgCMT2y5xCuOMydBcMlaOrwuxJ8FxoJohrFiRQpgEaSy_CA1WG7Gkm6GEEL239yJJl_CDYuQ7utB28O0/s320/Meteor_October9th2023_02Close.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">At 2036 GMT, I caught a faint Draconid meteor.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JVBz9LiuUJyUXk9liT3EwYDjHrGQAziRiODLAHhWdTu1s3rzwGsUrXRg-ZMaDKUbBoLOAwXOwNEljWW2L5cPmOLealvyBF2vhlEtyIXwjp10gg3paAgmKp5aZ1not0kHci8UaELYsByFyxY-R9rRjPbixhj4YDfLW2er8ip6rKgJf3fgyvouaAQq/s6016/DraconidMeteor_October9th2023_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-JVBz9LiuUJyUXk9liT3EwYDjHrGQAziRiODLAHhWdTu1s3rzwGsUrXRg-ZMaDKUbBoLOAwXOwNEljWW2L5cPmOLealvyBF2vhlEtyIXwjp10gg3paAgmKp5aZ1not0kHci8UaELYsByFyxY-R9rRjPbixhj4YDfLW2er8ip6rKgJf3fgyvouaAQq/s320/DraconidMeteor_October9th2023_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLs4AHxZCJC8uJRydbOMZDGu50YDWo4hbrD_H-WSHA5Xg2u8BckA7ZxIYnZJGIIbbtQjvXXRV73bW4W363ekplonH-xXWiMtein0wIXbeciOKTeerGkjv8zCs2uj_SHYSkxiWudLMl1ZGXnunUrVmnQ_2Yx5ypOZm5_3HMzl63a6hFsHisZ40ZBlWq/s479/DraconidMeteor_October9th2023_02Close.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="479" height="287" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLs4AHxZCJC8uJRydbOMZDGu50YDWo4hbrD_H-WSHA5Xg2u8BckA7ZxIYnZJGIIbbtQjvXXRV73bW4W363ekplonH-xXWiMtein0wIXbeciOKTeerGkjv8zCs2uj_SHYSkxiWudLMl1ZGXnunUrVmnQ_2Yx5ypOZm5_3HMzl63a6hFsHisZ40ZBlWq/s320/DraconidMeteor_October9th2023_02Close.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">The final action of the evening was a shot of Jupiter's moons.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_wfL5PNyeNmnm70jrfw6B0PYS8LBK3WQO2MknPKreUOGy-1l8ht84zOoTFbhJ94-FtAMPb_OhTOEwQk6sIeBV5mIHiva_X_ikvYMEd3IblMIogDPVem9IM2AyIvJKfL4cRQwDx8e61x9LyeupSuw-T6O5L47NEVKcpbwHw2WeC-X5-NwjF4Qr_fl/s891/Jupiter_With_Moons_October9th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="578" data-original-width="891" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6_wfL5PNyeNmnm70jrfw6B0PYS8LBK3WQO2MknPKreUOGy-1l8ht84zOoTFbhJ94-FtAMPb_OhTOEwQk6sIeBV5mIHiva_X_ikvYMEd3IblMIogDPVem9IM2AyIvJKfL4cRQwDx8e61x9LyeupSuw-T6O5L47NEVKcpbwHw2WeC-X5-NwjF4Qr_fl/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_October9th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">October 9<sup>th</sup> 1200 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I bin scanned the Sun in hazy conditions. I saw two sunspots
close to rotating off the solar disc.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPlEcuQy-jNKw9WmVtBvWfu1KZOSeWd_O3bE-Z7kjvJZjtxD-F5BqsYwju-GCTxdJe8UJWlnEwo6CW8Hc1VHVuhcmIftTpmafDXjBHpUPg4TDZ9k0IsAbBYMOuJ01p9DHXutUPdC9xBUaD-KGDLikqwHihJ889v3p866-Bw9gm_vhqBC_hRiDHzPC/s889/SunspotDrawing_October9th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="711" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmPlEcuQy-jNKw9WmVtBvWfu1KZOSeWd_O3bE-Z7kjvJZjtxD-F5BqsYwju-GCTxdJe8UJWlnEwo6CW8Hc1VHVuhcmIftTpmafDXjBHpUPg4TDZ9k0IsAbBYMOuJ01p9DHXutUPdC9xBUaD-KGDLikqwHihJ889v3p866-Bw9gm_vhqBC_hRiDHzPC/s320/SunspotDrawing_October9th2023.JPG" width="256" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">October 9th 0410 GMT Moon and Venus <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I was awake early. I snapped the Moon and Venus separately
using my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal length. ISO 100 and 1/200 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoR6xvkizHHGatfW8paw-z-dHvBFY_2PVNtcuBm3aycWW8M-JwrHnpgOVFrg2wsdmWLL1QUlp03W-B61vfYSZuGQQ-kIaRh61-mYRpudEc0H67h-9pxsLqn1JPjXLtqhwnHZnDBcAVRb26F5TYAxtAHy0vA3lCMaxkKZqiNICxPiK-zX0gLP4SKzq-/s3558/MoonOctober9th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1887" data-original-width="3558" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoR6xvkizHHGatfW8paw-z-dHvBFY_2PVNtcuBm3aycWW8M-JwrHnpgOVFrg2wsdmWLL1QUlp03W-B61vfYSZuGQQ-kIaRh61-mYRpudEc0H67h-9pxsLqn1JPjXLtqhwnHZnDBcAVRb26F5TYAxtAHy0vA3lCMaxkKZqiNICxPiK-zX0gLP4SKzq-/s320/MoonOctober9th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tdWoItIzC8IsbTzLXzheRZWZ3t53wfWGZ6dL7WQURDk7IRdBKi10yEedIHSniib3J_BAgTdc13XjUzVjOibobEPCDpC1OT361i1PdzuDFyOSEIYpKgcY3lyzaJitcsp2Qe5-GjgH_73LkpBpeCvJVI-pCjgalhXnz9s1L5AX1gUJa5n0EOMP0vZZ/s264/Venus_October9th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="264" data-original-width="264" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2tdWoItIzC8IsbTzLXzheRZWZ3t53wfWGZ6dL7WQURDk7IRdBKi10yEedIHSniib3J_BAgTdc13XjUzVjOibobEPCDpC1OT361i1PdzuDFyOSEIYpKgcY3lyzaJitcsp2Qe5-GjgH_73LkpBpeCvJVI-pCjgalhXnz9s1L5AX1gUJa5n0EOMP0vZZ/s1600/Venus_October9th2023.JPG" width="264" /></a></div><br /><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I then snapped them together with my DSLR at 35mm focal
length, ISO 100 and 1/40 second exposure. Unfortunately, I did not get a decent image.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">October 8th 0930 GMT Sun <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Despite the favourable weather forecast for the period and
warm temperatures, there was lots of haze around. Nighttime conditions made
viewing and photography impossible and the day was little better. I used the
same telescope and camera settings as then morning before to capture the Sun.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYLOKC_I4uGHeOENLH526JdGu_fzeGJ7x4jG5WgBi7nFOim1SR6CH0jq3_mXQUVLIDLq2RQekDBRg678Q8YLRwuHJESp6csM3p1QvxCz2SVNlJ-HJhdmY8SZiAH4aABqytv9BClVtj4efGSt2pjHENIXHRzKe2iDyZC4_R_1cPYqqA2TX9d3OeLkc/s3806/SunOctober8th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3806" data-original-width="3789" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZYLOKC_I4uGHeOENLH526JdGu_fzeGJ7x4jG5WgBi7nFOim1SR6CH0jq3_mXQUVLIDLq2RQekDBRg678Q8YLRwuHJESp6csM3p1QvxCz2SVNlJ-HJhdmY8SZiAH4aABqytv9BClVtj4efGSt2pjHENIXHRzKe2iDyZC4_R_1cPYqqA2TX9d3OeLkc/s320/SunOctober8th2023.JPG" width="319" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">October 7th 1110 GMT Sun <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-weight: normal;">I took some full disc solar images using the same settings
as the day before.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjAyxD-oG5Zl6M5XJXD45XtXkrSIDAmzs18Q49MKQge4F0L1mlpUlWUojcjrpzQlpgXNukPRfDo2vhtUnU15tlJRF8-Jrr-1acN6YMEHaaj1UYkulMCCUg_4TV0oTgH9M0SazXSs79RQy3w7GzaFYmldd9AKb3f7rmqllqng8kTbhjsdUggHRk12S/s3823/SunOctober7th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3800" data-original-width="3823" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjAyxD-oG5Zl6M5XJXD45XtXkrSIDAmzs18Q49MKQge4F0L1mlpUlWUojcjrpzQlpgXNukPRfDo2vhtUnU15tlJRF8-Jrr-1acN6YMEHaaj1UYkulMCCUg_4TV0oTgH9M0SazXSs79RQy3w7GzaFYmldd9AKb3f7rmqllqng8kTbhjsdUggHRk12S/s320/SunOctober7th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 6th 0940 GMT Sun and Moon</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>There was a lot of haze around but I was on leave at home
and I just had to see and photograph the Sun, even though it was quiet.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>I set up my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and
1/500th second exposure as usual. I took several shots, with the intention of
stacking them.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgALrwLZPM3g8hGghyphenhyphenoXohJxh1fc4W8v3n0qnAKt6yruFyDn7Sl9MDdebQ2EalSoS5sn67Nl5Clo5emguikQ6d_m7ssa6YiK3_r2jk1MkRbmRg3wfgYvhEpclXP9hNDLkl74sjbzEI2krlDuDNDbpDM3rqqtPH9fHuGhCHU0qY44HnKB3gGxCLZ6Vpd/s3828/SunOctober6th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3828" data-original-width="3779" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgALrwLZPM3g8hGghyphenhyphenoXohJxh1fc4W8v3n0qnAKt6yruFyDn7Sl9MDdebQ2EalSoS5sn67Nl5Clo5emguikQ6d_m7ssa6YiK3_r2jk1MkRbmRg3wfgYvhEpclXP9hNDLkl74sjbzEI2krlDuDNDbpDM3rqqtPH9fHuGhCHU0qY44HnKB3gGxCLZ6Vpd/s320/SunOctober6th2023.JPG" width="316" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I removed my solar filters and tried the Moon but thought
the haze had beaten me. Yes, I was right. I did not get a decent image.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I took some backup photos of the Moon with my DSLR at 300mm
focal length, ISO 400 and 1/500 second exposure. It was not a classic, iconic photo but I captured some details.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZPya57ffIVCvxXCbIboynS5MW60JksJGE626yH90g-FV9WN8ZSbPebPZhR3fquRi6t2Hu-OfxDZxTwR9wNfryJP2Ts75R7wORykPkWoEiaTM8-oPt21g8SbyKWiPTc_ne6wAoh0KPIYbQ8uLgr_c1n6BfhdPnfcDA8a8spVmMBr2ikcZTK4L9u_I/s635/MoonOctober6th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="554" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUZPya57ffIVCvxXCbIboynS5MW60JksJGE626yH90g-FV9WN8ZSbPebPZhR3fquRi6t2Hu-OfxDZxTwR9wNfryJP2Ts75R7wORykPkWoEiaTM8-oPt21g8SbyKWiPTc_ne6wAoh0KPIYbQ8uLgr_c1n6BfhdPnfcDA8a8spVmMBr2ikcZTK4L9u_I/s320/MoonOctober6th2023.JPG" width="279" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 6th Venus Revisited Again</h3><div>I stacked and processed 5 Venus images from May 7th.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLH3VOiFRlNiNeX6KxWEGF-RaXGjCUb4FNDoi5AYOGudB0dtKKRjQYZ-WF72xM3sYzaAqs9VMf5Y9OMzMqulf1et_hx6yi4i-yri5eyt51nCCBCKRU122ycn3tdfTrNlv3fTBda5pujy5-PD8-lLg_d1rSlGkLD311ipHJ0TvD2MLatL1SeShnVCp/s610/Venus_May7th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="610" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWLH3VOiFRlNiNeX6KxWEGF-RaXGjCUb4FNDoi5AYOGudB0dtKKRjQYZ-WF72xM3sYzaAqs9VMf5Y9OMzMqulf1et_hx6yi4i-yri5eyt51nCCBCKRU122ycn3tdfTrNlv3fTBda5pujy5-PD8-lLg_d1rSlGkLD311ipHJ0TvD2MLatL1SeShnVCp/s320/Venus_May7th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 5th Venus Revisited</h3><div style="text-align: left;">I reprocessed an image of Venus from June 24th, this time stacking 5 images.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3I19nUk1d4tSjwBkhTAFz8ztxj7jaZzyL7-MxRNzCMl_n3QqVGDIfFW4oc49nAhLHV5dtaZ2tTQ3MZNUkre5LX7k6-AyjpTahdnym_ltCmBFzfA511pQRPgp8omqlhZ9SwKmGll3mnec1_rqVnfmgjOeQceLh-_BZSWDDwHX0j6a5EBSXxDTkQoQ/s479/Venus_June24th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="479" height="298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3I19nUk1d4tSjwBkhTAFz8ztxj7jaZzyL7-MxRNzCMl_n3QqVGDIfFW4oc49nAhLHV5dtaZ2tTQ3MZNUkre5LX7k6-AyjpTahdnym_ltCmBFzfA511pQRPgp8omqlhZ9SwKmGll3mnec1_rqVnfmgjOeQceLh-_BZSWDDwHX0j6a5EBSXxDTkQoQ/s320/Venus_June24th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 3rd 2150 GMT Moon and Jupiter</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conditions were very bad and only the Moon, Jupiter and Vega
were visible. Even the Moon was mostly obscured by cloud. I tried several
combinations of exposure times, ISO settings and focal lengths. 18mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 1/10 second exposure worked best.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppu3x0qdJ6SnruawlcC7a1qH0vhqJgAB0FjgNq9nIMnmhbu4Pl7wuBwKxGCXBSAlXIbqlHuTm-42UNddeG14F17OFYyIuZMPz4RkeeCPwW8zIivWwYLaj-wSUYeUPsBfHlbeVy1qwETB-FIxJYsYXIpTLA3L7MEuvDjMkuUfs1V5MmA8HQLG3VPfx/s3152/MoonWithJupiter_October3rd2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2064" data-original-width="3152" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgppu3x0qdJ6SnruawlcC7a1qH0vhqJgAB0FjgNq9nIMnmhbu4Pl7wuBwKxGCXBSAlXIbqlHuTm-42UNddeG14F17OFYyIuZMPz4RkeeCPwW8zIivWwYLaj-wSUYeUPsBfHlbeVy1qwETB-FIxJYsYXIpTLA3L7MEuvDjMkuUfs1V5MmA8HQLG3VPfx/s320/MoonWithJupiter_October3rd2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 3<sup>rd</sup> 1105 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I bin scanned the Sun under moving cloud conditions and saw
two sunspots near the edge of visibility in my binoculars.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxeSaTXMnGmtEWsGypY9LiZn8Nvyx8-NHsNnve9bjEf5fE6mBUN74N6TJvfoq2tP4NU3UGzveFVM3k2kdLit6awx11uZuWzYsuo6hhnhrWdWVl6Bq_33Sj1NCtGRMI3WlgTTqMcN45eWATbeurjdLsKuisqm3-luN-_v71Svf_jsEUa9nir50bAeW/s897/SunspotDrawing_October3rd2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="730" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxeSaTXMnGmtEWsGypY9LiZn8Nvyx8-NHsNnve9bjEf5fE6mBUN74N6TJvfoq2tP4NU3UGzveFVM3k2kdLit6awx11uZuWzYsuo6hhnhrWdWVl6Bq_33Sj1NCtGRMI3WlgTTqMcN45eWATbeurjdLsKuisqm3-luN-_v71Svf_jsEUa9nir50bAeW/s320/SunspotDrawing_October3rd2023.JPG" width="260" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 3<sup>rd</sup> 0400 GMT Venus</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was woken by our dogs, so while they were out doing what
dogs do, I saw Venus. I snapped it with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100
and 1/400<sup>th</sup> second exposure. Alas! All 16 images were out of focus.<o:p></o:p></p>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-12254010912973814412023-09-03T02:29:00.046-07:002023-09-30T00:59:35.227-07:00September 2023<h3 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">September 25<sup>th</sup> 1200 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The clear conditions of the early morning did
not persist. There was some thin cloud around at lunchtime but it did not stop
me from seeing some sunspots.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4biPzNguVZ6vgmypFduHOTURL9YDWPVxGeetwzB494zrXcokRZyCSRZwnC1oRakCdRG8l85ihU5vM31VWwYU3VwbtmQWetLxH4ZSiUGZc_bqD3poZVChh-CIw13B5ak9mkb14CLicESn260y5CVMet-P7zHNKm-3aloLE1c_TZwsnH_uxJ5DDGJjb/s900/SunspotDrawingSeptember25th2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="726" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4biPzNguVZ6vgmypFduHOTURL9YDWPVxGeetwzB494zrXcokRZyCSRZwnC1oRakCdRG8l85ihU5vM31VWwYU3VwbtmQWetLxH4ZSiUGZc_bqD3poZVChh-CIw13B5ak9mkb14CLicESn260y5CVMet-P7zHNKm-3aloLE1c_TZwsnH_uxJ5DDGJjb/s320/SunspotDrawingSeptember25th2023.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 25<sup>th</sup> 0510 GMT Venus<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I woke up to a clear sky. Venus shone bright and I
snapped it with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/400 second
exposure. I also did the same with Jupiter, just in case.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmJuVomHcXM593PbKzH4pQQCujLC3x8NQFVGfcZZmsZX_3v8dZClnAqgtgNsIzn6-WLOsE8azAQHvLXJwBOaAyWlseEgms0Aa7FrIzVm4R_2MKTRWLy1Ed3Vw5qL6GH_D0VIO-WIZ_yLq8NiRu9uS0pyoAK1iON0j7NTzUtY0QSPMjCNLBGTxF-d5/s319/Venuseptember25th2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="303" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmJuVomHcXM593PbKzH4pQQCujLC3x8NQFVGfcZZmsZX_3v8dZClnAqgtgNsIzn6-WLOsE8azAQHvLXJwBOaAyWlseEgms0Aa7FrIzVm4R_2MKTRWLy1Ed3Vw5qL6GH_D0VIO-WIZ_yLq8NiRu9uS0pyoAK1iON0j7NTzUtY0QSPMjCNLBGTxF-d5/s1600/Venuseptember25th2023.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Betelguese shone brightly and looked brighter than Rigel and
Procyon. It was fainter than Capella, though. I estimates its magnitude to be
0.2.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 21<sup>st</sup> 0655 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Sun had risen and showed two sunspots close together.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOrWr4OXx6sMBjgGL5az4z_pYRwZnizdh4087nNeFBdmdL8bI33cLmz_69WuStK1sMk70IsPdxqTyN9kiwwabJd0sw7YxCNjA6jk4_wL0sknWcoiyv5Yo45ZlMbFa3JjRQs3WeFr9qAjp22HU8aiJfIe14mTiubL7XGhtgXaxvVRT3ksrVWUDAtcLj/s903/SunspotDrawingSeptember21st2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="723" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOrWr4OXx6sMBjgGL5az4z_pYRwZnizdh4087nNeFBdmdL8bI33cLmz_69WuStK1sMk70IsPdxqTyN9kiwwabJd0sw7YxCNjA6jk4_wL0sknWcoiyv5Yo45ZlMbFa3JjRQs3WeFr9qAjp22HU8aiJfIe14mTiubL7XGhtgXaxvVRT3ksrVWUDAtcLj/s320/SunspotDrawingSeptember21st2023.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 21<sup>st</sup> 0545 GMT Venus<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It was just a few minutes to sunrise but Venus was
unmistakeable in the late dawn sky. Having botched a previous attempt, I tried
again with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/400 second. I just managed one passable image but, with that as enough.</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLekvRQ6qlcSO8vu83rIIG76OvqZyMbMjPv4E05DDMPpTbIwpJmEg39BfyToJxiDy4N6zI3dauPWdmOB_cKAyRibMWbvrT9RLdRK-mwi3y2P5BdODDFp9eAX6hlzPAAvu_uGdxG2ujABe5pgDd4ufYAhepDqmwWvrzSm6swhsxp4x24aHrqDp0GAC/s224/Venuseptember21st2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="224" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSLekvRQ6qlcSO8vu83rIIG76OvqZyMbMjPv4E05DDMPpTbIwpJmEg39BfyToJxiDy4N6zI3dauPWdmOB_cKAyRibMWbvrT9RLdRK-mwi3y2P5BdODDFp9eAX6hlzPAAvu_uGdxG2ujABe5pgDd4ufYAhepDqmwWvrzSm6swhsxp4x24aHrqDp0GAC/s1600/Venuseptember21st2023.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 20th M33 Revisited</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I found some images of the Pinwheel Galaxy (M33) in Triangulum from September 19th 2022. I restacked and reprocessed them. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-0fNIuJoJj7Be7X3cQUx5Z5PtNJD-bJ60y9xmDnDfGnQ7ij7wKP88GR8Xr7MKwuznY4qCoilusHxonk1Xtg8Db3ClQXzRH8j7dWMmaF15Q_YvuY7cxmFD1RIvmV0Xb4bgPsvEH_6Bcry_J5R_TdTs_NWceHwQiVspN1I28SsQ8NrrCIvCUFVJWm5/s4416/M343_Septembe19thd2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3212" data-original-width="4416" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL-0fNIuJoJj7Be7X3cQUx5Z5PtNJD-bJ60y9xmDnDfGnQ7ij7wKP88GR8Xr7MKwuznY4qCoilusHxonk1Xtg8Db3ClQXzRH8j7dWMmaF15Q_YvuY7cxmFD1RIvmV0Xb4bgPsvEH_6Bcry_J5R_TdTs_NWceHwQiVspN1I28SsQ8NrrCIvCUFVJWm5/s320/M343_Septembe19thd2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal">September 20th M34 and NGC752 Revisited</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The subject of NGC752 came up in a photo of Triangulum. With cloudy weather and a cold, I found an old photo of it with M34. I did not have the original images, so I reprocessed the final image, using GraXpert and GIMP.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtIW1BIrjNVKNgk9KRA5R_WbxHV-uKb8mG9JY3BsvRNyLYFtdUeFJpC5sXLPiKFzY44I8XmFKpiiepadV94D7x0eaGkUj3NcQUvTsUJxL3913a2RFDKH6tdPWDhdX1sXJOk8os7wb1hPY-vg-o43Z0oHEEjF8t5GO3pnQe8yfYAmSF5qsHuP65279/s6016/M34_NGC952_Septembe3rd2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtIW1BIrjNVKNgk9KRA5R_WbxHV-uKb8mG9JY3BsvRNyLYFtdUeFJpC5sXLPiKFzY44I8XmFKpiiepadV94D7x0eaGkUj3NcQUvTsUJxL3913a2RFDKH6tdPWDhdX1sXJOk8os7wb1hPY-vg-o43Z0oHEEjF8t5GO3pnQe8yfYAmSF5qsHuP65279/s320/M34_NGC952_Septembe3rd2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 19th Melotte 20 Revisited</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I reprocessed the Melotte 20 image from 15th, using GraXpert.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YQLxjBHLCWiV8Bbp5QdmtceSzG3d5Ga77Mc-Kp9-cv8uZGhT4wctSn7GJLgsoXE_fKLMZRTVVRB-i2Or4lP9Vi_rXTQcwE9ZM-BHXRyNbWitusJ1ISt5r-OHRqIEJe0GduKOmk52kzsKMGuClHPHOffB7Bpg9pVpCj_yFBsQr-1fmSv3L06I112j/s6016/Melotte20September15th2023_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3YQLxjBHLCWiV8Bbp5QdmtceSzG3d5Ga77Mc-Kp9-cv8uZGhT4wctSn7GJLgsoXE_fKLMZRTVVRB-i2Or4lP9Vi_rXTQcwE9ZM-BHXRyNbWitusJ1ISt5r-OHRqIEJe0GduKOmk52kzsKMGuClHPHOffB7Bpg9pVpCj_yFBsQr-1fmSv3L06I112j/s320/Melotte20September15th2023_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 19th Gamma Arietis</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">With bad back, a cold and bad weather, I was not going to recapture the real object but I found an old image that I reprocessed in March 2019. Even in 4+ years, my processing techniques had improved and I did not know when the original image was taken and I think it predates my first digital camera. So I reprocessed it again.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4XGyz8nTBnscTpAIwrI7uXSVxNusq9K4xvcZ5hguy_pn2TYnkAaQDHDhycdwfhgy3eYt5bjWtjS7wE_EB52hLjzl2hZd6DtYS2srA5FovWoEBr7ZyUQzAdjth0OVJQDBelHymjG1zLlBH-b7J3xfrWQVAeRnNiYubNuo1j6ncJAuQo8m7GKtmP1D/s276/GammaArietis_DateUnknown.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="276" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF4XGyz8nTBnscTpAIwrI7uXSVxNusq9K4xvcZ5hguy_pn2TYnkAaQDHDhycdwfhgy3eYt5bjWtjS7wE_EB52hLjzl2hZd6DtYS2srA5FovWoEBr7ZyUQzAdjth0OVJQDBelHymjG1zLlBH-b7J3xfrWQVAeRnNiYubNuo1j6ncJAuQo8m7GKtmP1D/s1600/GammaArietis_DateUnknown.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 18th 0550 GMT Venus</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Dawn was just about over. The angular separation between the Sun and Venus was very noticeable. I tried a photo shoot of Venus with my DSLR but it did not work. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 15th 2100 GMT Photo Shoot <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Astronomers love those late summer evenings when the Milky
Way arches from Sagittarius low in the south west to Perseus in the east. This
was not one of them!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There was lots of thin cloud around, suggesting that deep
sky photography was for extreme optimists. To that end, I set my camera at
300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 2 seconds exposure.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">First up, I tried Jupiter's moons.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4VjEsTJJcEvXEkLv4aUSHv8MxX3LHOBt1a-u9Of2ZImMTnxZBp3IXPN4OlD15pvqj5HU3CWP1f5XclvfmwDd1SXXzSi4EtL5BesXW54TWMUqmFvabLTv8xf9t7eeMlzL4L-ueTwgOTh-6wcB6NYIEwUDCdGwm-6TOQW8qhBDKu3Hdy4Vvvj-7Ze6/s6016/JupitersMoonsSeptember15th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR4VjEsTJJcEvXEkLv4aUSHv8MxX3LHOBt1a-u9Of2ZImMTnxZBp3IXPN4OlD15pvqj5HU3CWP1f5XclvfmwDd1SXXzSi4EtL5BesXW54TWMUqmFvabLTv8xf9t7eeMlzL4L-ueTwgOTh-6wcB6NYIEwUDCdGwm-6TOQW8qhBDKu3Hdy4Vvvj-7Ze6/s320/JupitersMoonsSeptember15th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Then I tried to capture Titan, Saturn's brightest moon. Without verifying the position of Saturn and the brightness of nearby stars, the result, as some of Jeremy Kyles lie detector tests, was inconclusive.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjemNXYbyXis9iKKVW8neks4qsSqMeawDEt3t3-vClBa0kV_6EP7QP55xV2N6Clf9mkbuOj_iBd6sZEutLo6ctWfEiBXbWprUkFZhKUkm85Eeh9Kmm5LuLb8rBtRUgAAR9FvugwCdw18taHVgo0vA6_QLxi-7vH4R8X5lLbYv-11Xk3nljZlslIoBhF/s6016/SaturnWidefieldSeptember15th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjemNXYbyXis9iKKVW8neks4qsSqMeawDEt3t3-vClBa0kV_6EP7QP55xV2N6Clf9mkbuOj_iBd6sZEutLo6ctWfEiBXbWprUkFZhKUkm85Eeh9Kmm5LuLb8rBtRUgAAR9FvugwCdw18taHVgo0vA6_QLxi-7vH4R8X5lLbYv-11Xk3nljZlslIoBhF/s320/SaturnWidefieldSeptember15th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Despite my earlier misgivings, I tried Melotte 20, the very
bright star cluster in Perseus. It is one of the easiest deep sky object to
photograph.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsXKV8_7e-IYsp0QxJx9c7VRoMrdwjtj5FbMBnUeArvUGqgHEAe_pz1Wvi1BE6pmKd-gRYMgaY7Iip13n0rkKmVvIvBQLwAoz29QJ4bQ6XOeEy1iVkKsc_oPGrB9bkKz0omBkA_fYRW9xdiosRZo7TVxk5BU5JF1abkXNMSlt9Vm5qtdQpJRILI3YK/s3993/Melotte20September15th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3052" data-original-width="3993" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsXKV8_7e-IYsp0QxJx9c7VRoMrdwjtj5FbMBnUeArvUGqgHEAe_pz1Wvi1BE6pmKd-gRYMgaY7Iip13n0rkKmVvIvBQLwAoz29QJ4bQ6XOeEy1iVkKsc_oPGrB9bkKz0omBkA_fYRW9xdiosRZo7TVxk5BU5JF1abkXNMSlt9Vm5qtdQpJRILI3YK/s320/Melotte20September15th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I had a lot of trouble finding NGC 952 and was not sure I
caught it. I didn't.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I ended up with some dark frames for stacking.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 15th 2009 GMT Meteor <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I was putting some things out for recycling when I saw a
bright meteor about magnitude -3 (bright but somewhat fainter than a fireball)
flash downwards through Andromeda, almost straight vertically down. It had a
reddish colour, as I saw it break up in the atmosphere.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 15<sup>th</sup> 1200 GMT Sun</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The sky was hazy and the Sun seemed somewhat inactive. This
combination is rarely an inspiring one, so just a single large sunspot to
report.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcI00E-nR3_XKLEsC0HeozmsWrLfc7Qa7KT1jbu-eFTkRycdTv-VGmE799rQSWl66ilj0mXIRoH35JaJPE5p2m9Am_eBZT9mPIHt0Et0lYUMngjBiKzYKjE3KoS0_0KMOXsDRjvZOHkcRc3AyrUYUYB6Y_BKuq0-Rkc-1Q_iKDelpWq48b7lGcTRL/s905/SunspotDrawingSeptember15th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="725" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixcI00E-nR3_XKLEsC0HeozmsWrLfc7Qa7KT1jbu-eFTkRycdTv-VGmE799rQSWl66ilj0mXIRoH35JaJPE5p2m9Am_eBZT9mPIHt0Et0lYUMngjBiKzYKjE3KoS0_0KMOXsDRjvZOHkcRc3AyrUYUYB6Y_BKuq0-Rkc-1Q_iKDelpWq48b7lGcTRL/s320/SunspotDrawingSeptember15th2023.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 14th 0430 GMT Binocular Scan</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 400;">I was awake early again. I was hoping to catch Comet Nishimura but, as the evening before, there was a lot of cloud near the horizon. Venus was dazzlingly bright, especially through my binoculars. Its phase appeared larger than my telescope shot from the morning before.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Although the dawn was brightening, I could still see the Orion Great Nebula (M42) and most stars of the Pleiades (M45). M35 in Gemini appeared as a faint smudge. I thought about estimating the brightness of Betelguese but, with thin cloud around, any estimate would have been wildly inaccurate, at best. It seemed to be neither unusually bright nor faint.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 13th 0440 GMT Venus<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I was awake a bit before the alarm went off and was
surprised to see a clear, although almost cloud free. sky. Venus looked very
bright. I snapped it with my phone camera with the Moon. I took one with a wider field and a close-up.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiweoVEckA9FSUH0gzRUxCdYxaN7zzQ-UwKzpLoYE6nqBnZddWHCWiedauVUL3tqpbiW7a_DLY-xSY9muzP20Dliq9R5cX9vMPpPDYwATCHo_R7H-AAYKFYX4D3WwDJA1_uEwTtpYStL_FiWRdEFRV-DKXbFDasE3FNPTakkMBPj4YUaeU3_Vr6-pzG/s3000/MoonWithVenusSeptember13th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2148" data-original-width="3000" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiweoVEckA9FSUH0gzRUxCdYxaN7zzQ-UwKzpLoYE6nqBnZddWHCWiedauVUL3tqpbiW7a_DLY-xSY9muzP20Dliq9R5cX9vMPpPDYwATCHo_R7H-AAYKFYX4D3WwDJA1_uEwTtpYStL_FiWRdEFRV-DKXbFDasE3FNPTakkMBPj4YUaeU3_Vr6-pzG/s320/MoonWithVenusSeptember13th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmfJzEA5BAotRrW12o1AkfYDHRLRleBnQW8H7Rt1g7uLIfYhqAnumtcnAoXju9nsseB-LWW0ww3OnnftYk1HLoCSUnedhat9B4ZcY40yH7F2JQVlLqB_X5yhQvt74BqIs8uRhZcpgrmKUrIQdMpeoopX45cCFFAK60yXjh_52niYxbTd8YxM8PnO_/s4080/MoonWithVenusSeptember13th2023_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMmfJzEA5BAotRrW12o1AkfYDHRLRleBnQW8H7Rt1g7uLIfYhqAnumtcnAoXju9nsseB-LWW0ww3OnnftYk1HLoCSUnedhat9B4ZcY40yH7F2JQVlLqB_X5yhQvt74BqIs8uRhZcpgrmKUrIQdMpeoopX45cCFFAK60yXjh_52niYxbTd8YxM8PnO_/s320/MoonWithVenusSeptember13th2023_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">As I had some spare time. I took my Mak and DSLR out. I used
1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure. I stacked the best 5 images and finished in GIMP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGHVdw0qm7ESSB-TGpH_Vfj5ot4-fyTkSFMbjjz2Mb_XyX5zc6kpj8TUXXqAoEzMxXBID9QSOt8fBSYnQwfw7CNCOTvpZM_sXpv0Z3rLbMNvFHAIYkW9456UH3_Vpbcwmb-Zncd9Ymbb9GEZjg1uSibpI5M-LJqAgDLM_fJxsK2njl16NSztYW5Qs/s434/Venuseptember13th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="434" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRGHVdw0qm7ESSB-TGpH_Vfj5ot4-fyTkSFMbjjz2Mb_XyX5zc6kpj8TUXXqAoEzMxXBID9QSOt8fBSYnQwfw7CNCOTvpZM_sXpv0Z3rLbMNvFHAIYkW9456UH3_Vpbcwmb-Zncd9Ymbb9GEZjg1uSibpI5M-LJqAgDLM_fJxsK2njl16NSztYW5Qs/s320/Venuseptember13th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I took some follow-up shots with my DSLR only as a possible
backup. As it happened, the telescope shots came out fine and the DSLR only ones were not.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 12<sup>th</sup> 1230 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-weight: normal;">The weather had been cloudy for a while. It cleared enough,
for a brief period, to allow me to see three sunspots through my binoculars and
filters. I guessed I had to be grateful for that little nugget of activity.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDmtNM609_8aPKhEMpPomnZfHEd9kzz4l44j3PM3AZp3wIU49GljmBvBje-WXzOAXdFs6GzijcVLHK_oKtmczXp0ih6r-SwviVK4vGWOfpiZTyzkKYPdFJUfl_i6LvLA35FuWF5Iw10pFLHLpOci7UZc6QqMjTp-8XMKjZR-2rySg_pwrX1fBeIBi/s896/SunspotDrawingSeptember12th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="710" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEDmtNM609_8aPKhEMpPomnZfHEd9kzz4l44j3PM3AZp3wIU49GljmBvBje-WXzOAXdFs6GzijcVLHK_oKtmczXp0ih6r-SwviVK4vGWOfpiZTyzkKYPdFJUfl_i6LvLA35FuWF5Iw10pFLHLpOci7UZc6QqMjTp-8XMKjZR-2rySg_pwrX1fBeIBi/s320/SunspotDrawingSeptember12th2023.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 9th 0800 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I never thought I would be writing this from Southern
England. It was very hot but I tried the WiFi Electronic eyepiece on the Sun
for the first time. it was hard to settle on a particular part of the Sun, as
it was hard to see the small screen.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I followed up with full disc shots using my Mak and DSLR at
the usual settings.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Nothing worked, so wasted session!</span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 9th 2330 GMT Jupiter's Moons and Gamma Arietis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It had been a cloudy evening, despite a positive
weather forecast. I had hoped to do a photo shoot but it never cleared enough.
I snapped Jupiter's moons at 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 2 seconds
exposure. At Phil Collins' bookmaker, it would have been against all odds but I captured all four.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeI7mq2Trmw7UdhPQyCIFd4G5mZ2kVZjT63xx-CS3nxgtDyN1Wx4cDhX2PThuD45rB-p45I8TYTOx5wpPFdX0ctJm_Nmh7VoVoDDDhTsThSuG5vjEL-ptyrr07Wt4QRGS2fYibeNWGRuhzerfmFqwKafH7khHDnXeifdjNNdrzvCdO57mgHa0FZKj/s6016/JupitersMoonsSeptember9th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOeI7mq2Trmw7UdhPQyCIFd4G5mZ2kVZjT63xx-CS3nxgtDyN1Wx4cDhX2PThuD45rB-p45I8TYTOx5wpPFdX0ctJm_Nmh7VoVoDDDhTsThSuG5vjEL-ptyrr07Wt4QRGS2fYibeNWGRuhzerfmFqwKafH7khHDnXeifdjNNdrzvCdO57mgHa0FZKj/s320/JupitersMoonsSeptember9th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I used the same set up to try to split the double star Gamma
Arietis. I did, too! It is the second brightest star, right and down from centre. Its fainter companion is down and to the left. Except I didn't and what I really captured was a background star. The real Gamma Arietis is too close a double to split with a DSLR and I found an old shot of it and reprocessed it on September 19th.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsgxS8ab1LE5VdqMx9TUWmOsBlSBOyBisorxM9cHnh3HzTUY8okNHnfl1qBwE1lKDVk4t15rkh-16qocF3QSepLp52uH6rDOK-fZtpdwIp-R69CraZW1M9qM0FIxnYTvEKud2BC0T3SgDAmBlTvHMY_6DFsNpZSYHeSFicTEDZZl_n0tSApCjDKNr/s6016/GammaArietisSeptember9th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIsgxS8ab1LE5VdqMx9TUWmOsBlSBOyBisorxM9cHnh3HzTUY8okNHnfl1qBwE1lKDVk4t15rkh-16qocF3QSepLp52uH6rDOK-fZtpdwIp-R69CraZW1M9qM0FIxnYTvEKud2BC0T3SgDAmBlTvHMY_6DFsNpZSYHeSFicTEDZZl_n0tSApCjDKNr/s320/GammaArietisSeptember9th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 8th 0510 GMT Venus</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The sky was mostly cloudy, mostly but not totally. The Moon and Jupiter were clouded out but Venus wasn't. I used the same camera settings and got a clearer photo than on 5th.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIAFci9rQC__NGr4nGoxC--mg8xh5aBDIFGowI3GchLxM79KQyXCuDH8U8BmnkIIeptLsox4R1gH2FZ7pK80a4md_Edr3dFnU72noo1uF_rJhqsW2_ims0-LB0PMxTPbcO_-XYHrSf0Q2I7TRRNdJtLuh-EkGzMIA_yMFCRPks23E6lh1-5DqPKd2/s226/Venuseptember8th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="179" data-original-width="226" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKIAFci9rQC__NGr4nGoxC--mg8xh5aBDIFGowI3GchLxM79KQyXCuDH8U8BmnkIIeptLsox4R1gH2FZ7pK80a4md_Edr3dFnU72noo1uF_rJhqsW2_ims0-LB0PMxTPbcO_-XYHrSf0Q2I7TRRNdJtLuh-EkGzMIA_yMFCRPks23E6lh1-5DqPKd2/s1600/Venuseptember8th2023.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 7<sup>th</sup> 1200 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">After </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">a warm June, followed by an awful July and an August nearly as bad, the first full week in September turned out to be extremely hot, especially for September, with temperatures in the 30s. I was busy at lunchtime and did not have time to do a proper shoot. I bin scanned the Sun instead and saw 3 sunspots.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHzRw9X3VpxHwz5voRHUyJxcQfQ4-yBem0GSdDUKV5suf912sBd2-cpKJvfstXJ7KaiuqXfkO-VoNj17P_YEmkT2jijRoSBpxPtJ_JdPjcCnuZT8BWIXhIQDOnRV6VkhsFoZ4WDUZjoLH1fMZHsM1qOTKQVc532eMJVj4JcUsj7L5opT6f2tew4uo/s900/SunspotDrawingSeptember7th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="716" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHzRw9X3VpxHwz5voRHUyJxcQfQ4-yBem0GSdDUKV5suf912sBd2-cpKJvfstXJ7KaiuqXfkO-VoNj17P_YEmkT2jijRoSBpxPtJ_JdPjcCnuZT8BWIXhIQDOnRV6VkhsFoZ4WDUZjoLH1fMZHsM1qOTKQVc532eMJVj4JcUsj7L5opT6f2tew4uo/s320/SunspotDrawingSeptember7th2023.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">September 6th 0500 GMT Moon, Jupiter and Venus </h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I had a go with my phone camera to catch the Moon with
Jupiter and Venus above the rooftops.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately, none of the shots worked.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">September 5th 0500 GMT Moon, Jupiter and Venus </h3><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Following inferior conjunction, Venus had emerged into the
morning sky and was low in the east. I snapped it with my DSLR at 300mm focal
length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLjf9pkFlr9v3iqwX7B-CLffvvdsC1wH00TgnDcN_ElkoB0mwOKQG4LO_W1gGyl_4rd7sBGwCM6KSjw2qu2YBNJ4FNL9H0NGZLjxweraUbfMjD9vMEbnQGL3OzIk_7Xqg88_Tlr8Cwgy61oUNx39rHNlC5zHxHPG9DhoXWKvNgikuoCJdyblaA0l_/s89/Venuseptember5th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="69" data-original-width="89" height="69" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLjf9pkFlr9v3iqwX7B-CLffvvdsC1wH00TgnDcN_ElkoB0mwOKQG4LO_W1gGyl_4rd7sBGwCM6KSjw2qu2YBNJ4FNL9H0NGZLjxweraUbfMjD9vMEbnQGL3OzIk_7Xqg88_Tlr8Cwgy61oUNx39rHNlC5zHxHPG9DhoXWKvNgikuoCJdyblaA0l_/s1600/Venuseptember5th2023.jpg" width="89" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I repeated it for the Moon and Jupiter.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFLZJ5RsoWBTRXQaI_wFxnmjVeUMKZmbRU51-sZKb-alx2WLdCT4Ap4HfmllB616miQopICei3GMXYuqdquHhy0bal7THBpYdmsByLjP9s2mjA6hj2Sx8NwsE3rV02lEubmg_x--GhTj_c_jIzPo9ahEXobFXL1ha03UXjkDZFAeCviJcXhb-61hg/s737/MoonSeptember5th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="666" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFFLZJ5RsoWBTRXQaI_wFxnmjVeUMKZmbRU51-sZKb-alx2WLdCT4Ap4HfmllB616miQopICei3GMXYuqdquHhy0bal7THBpYdmsByLjP9s2mjA6hj2Sx8NwsE3rV02lEubmg_x--GhTj_c_jIzPo9ahEXobFXL1ha03UXjkDZFAeCviJcXhb-61hg/s320/MoonSeptember5th2023.jpg" width="289" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I then shot the Moon and Jupiter wide field at 70mm focal
length.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI9NtNsyl_QAPTvpsOnAlv3uITj2Fg-z0bDdrYBlXOx4kGhxFe1BfhvSnHNrZCvUz9SA9c0xfVCMoxdML6yQRF7uSms66HloE3DORoBR2-xY-bMqgLGqzg3_NGFtnXXMAmBeDDn55kglfEB8nS7N5ybrqZLNt9HecVtVmMHDwG1dfp28WFDLyMALR_/s2371/MoonWithJupiterSeptember5th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2371" data-original-width="1782" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI9NtNsyl_QAPTvpsOnAlv3uITj2Fg-z0bDdrYBlXOx4kGhxFe1BfhvSnHNrZCvUz9SA9c0xfVCMoxdML6yQRF7uSms66HloE3DORoBR2-xY-bMqgLGqzg3_NGFtnXXMAmBeDDn55kglfEB8nS7N5ybrqZLNt9HecVtVmMHDwG1dfp28WFDLyMALR_/s320/MoonWithJupiterSeptember5th2023.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Then came the inevitable recombination.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMoAtWq6Vn6UHPtj8sBYon1ABeZiGA_x3CliuU8m_Yd_D0Nn8WmKiAcwAlHJFi4aNI7pI8JPDCtCyPhdKscL7EwD-XL_yxAPb53R_OZA29GOZr0eaETH36RlHmDGiO56Zs-FxxMQIItlaPrxvTROpe6QQnYJFkerPWTrR7s-aTUx2afg-C2ouJSbX/s2371/MoonWithJupiterSeptember5th2023_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2371" data-original-width="1782" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzMoAtWq6Vn6UHPtj8sBYon1ABeZiGA_x3CliuU8m_Yd_D0Nn8WmKiAcwAlHJFi4aNI7pI8JPDCtCyPhdKscL7EwD-XL_yxAPb53R_OZA29GOZr0eaETH36RlHmDGiO56Zs-FxxMQIItlaPrxvTROpe6QQnYJFkerPWTrR7s-aTUx2afg-C2ouJSbX/s320/MoonWithJupiterSeptember5th2023_02.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">September 4th 0350 GMT Moon and Jupiter </h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was awake in the early morning. Jupiter and the Moon were
high in the south and noticeably closer than the evening before. I did some
snaps with my camera phone and followed up with my DSLR at 70mm, ISO 800 and
1/30 second exposure. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Nhe3y7Cqy8hu25jp5qR4ht0ngzJKnNwETjLp9n6KQc9WDTmPzesPaY-lU_8x1Wi2ik_GwAw0SC5avf-5iMI7NF_IreocJtjd5PugYo1IkeLGgyHs6zy545fshQx9ArB2nl8JhKobLZjrObb0sdttNzS6OY5h2AWCotKlnwlOGo19_MCWIa_Nqn25/s1588/MoonWithJupiterSeptember4th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="1588" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0Nhe3y7Cqy8hu25jp5qR4ht0ngzJKnNwETjLp9n6KQc9WDTmPzesPaY-lU_8x1Wi2ik_GwAw0SC5avf-5iMI7NF_IreocJtjd5PugYo1IkeLGgyHs6zy545fshQx9ArB2nl8JhKobLZjrObb0sdttNzS6OY5h2AWCotKlnwlOGo19_MCWIa_Nqn25/s320/MoonWithJupiterSeptember4th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPihdR54428f1-Z3r6H8EdN33k3WnJvdYuaODim6VFs-Vm2eHZFQANcDEY3GY-t2Qeo-MVxcosur9qDHvdpfCt0wk2NIQ_nKWcEHNSSZa3TQdTozfXcdzSBlLTHzl8CXqeGh0Wjwh0Mge-SdP6IdYPuXYBprPGCo598YvLake-eOi5u6ovB5Wv4Pfl/s3531/MoonWithJupiterSeptember4th2023_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1721" data-original-width="3531" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPihdR54428f1-Z3r6H8EdN33k3WnJvdYuaODim6VFs-Vm2eHZFQANcDEY3GY-t2Qeo-MVxcosur9qDHvdpfCt0wk2NIQ_nKWcEHNSSZa3TQdTozfXcdzSBlLTHzl8CXqeGh0Wjwh0Mge-SdP6IdYPuXYBprPGCo598YvLake-eOi5u6ovB5Wv4Pfl/s320/MoonWithJupiterSeptember4th2023_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I took a photo of the Moon then overlaid it on top of the shot with Jupiter and the Moon.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrhcBgn9uEEOy2KoJTASsVKxRtXwAuHgCM8ugnM0saD-JFRca1slampmHH8t6AGrRWQtNCulWfVxvCilLNeI1O2cs8GgKQsJOREdyasttehAq48ic9qG9pllxFnvyRereo7NTboC7eIqwnYcVV4Exz9ir-iMWjLtrCv5YK-wIUDzBxv-YTh1C3ArZ/s759/MoonSeptember4th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="682" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinrhcBgn9uEEOy2KoJTASsVKxRtXwAuHgCM8ugnM0saD-JFRca1slampmHH8t6AGrRWQtNCulWfVxvCilLNeI1O2cs8GgKQsJOREdyasttehAq48ic9qG9pllxFnvyRereo7NTboC7eIqwnYcVV4Exz9ir-iMWjLtrCv5YK-wIUDzBxv-YTh1C3ArZ/s320/MoonSeptember4th2023.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDShdfUOrZ9R564ksJSxeg8wHoNS7yP0PEzRXWo76Vc7E552x2UOqbOW2vr9pFJxe5cy5wA1u7vxJxZwgsG0J9aINV_z-TR_5rETTE6P3QZiIEc_a3K3_MYH9yTA75OS8g7URFthnmCW-VlaR_8gHGuFEHKBtlql8PEnIRosYgLy8-vlsuFllsjUIq/s3531/MoonWithJupiterSeptember4th2023_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1721" data-original-width="3531" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDShdfUOrZ9R564ksJSxeg8wHoNS7yP0PEzRXWo76Vc7E552x2UOqbOW2vr9pFJxe5cy5wA1u7vxJxZwgsG0J9aINV_z-TR_5rETTE6P3QZiIEc_a3K3_MYH9yTA75OS8g7URFthnmCW-VlaR_8gHGuFEHKBtlql8PEnIRosYgLy8-vlsuFllsjUIq/s320/MoonWithJupiterSeptember4th2023_03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">September 3rd 2120 GMT Moon and Jupiter </h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I snapped the Moon and Jupiter with my phone from an
upstairs window.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9FLs7u7khT5pefzqZ6B6QLFIXdmLV6uJFatH_62YoA7EawDTLx_CNINwRHhPKete2jAX-w9QiiHOEcWl2CO3OSJTQ7Ah_qmfuzeo-Tw4mhwZDdXGwP4GaYEsq94BoDHGlWYmqMUBDORjp-GXiMAZGf71TiQHJC6SgNXtYTkZ_Y1rZjjuZ4uTojzxy/s1588/MoonWithJupiterSeptember4th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="1588" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9FLs7u7khT5pefzqZ6B6QLFIXdmLV6uJFatH_62YoA7EawDTLx_CNINwRHhPKete2jAX-w9QiiHOEcWl2CO3OSJTQ7Ah_qmfuzeo-Tw4mhwZDdXGwP4GaYEsq94BoDHGlWYmqMUBDORjp-GXiMAZGf71TiQHJC6SgNXtYTkZ_Y1rZjjuZ4uTojzxy/s320/MoonWithJupiterSeptember4th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">September 3rd 0000 GMT Moon and Jupiter</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jupiter had cleared both the horizon and the houses but
conditions were still hazy. I snapped the two together with my DSLR at 18mm
focal length, ISO 400 and 1/50th second exposure. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrNjS14GjFyXDwR989S2KzjBPL9W6xydnziCU79H1uJWp7ybxgBDZurqqDbtKgSPWuWRkGGhRhLDRw4Nm5emc9bxt5wBCWrw7h9z90N4d9scGTNNzHT52d8lWKG-QRcLCgW-yjz9LhRmCbwJIlW1jJI25fn2oSQtxy7Z7xs18uTKd9exmGfHprMpgf/s2998/MoonWithJupiterSeptember3rd2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2139" data-original-width="2998" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrNjS14GjFyXDwR989S2KzjBPL9W6xydnziCU79H1uJWp7ybxgBDZurqqDbtKgSPWuWRkGGhRhLDRw4Nm5emc9bxt5wBCWrw7h9z90N4d9scGTNNzHT52d8lWKG-QRcLCgW-yjz9LhRmCbwJIlW1jJI25fn2oSQtxy7Z7xs18uTKd9exmGfHprMpgf/s320/MoonWithJupiterSeptember3rd2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I took some frames of the Moon at 300mm focal length, ISO
100 and 1/1000 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMQnKXDYN4-SlDdBHjUM_Lxp57QCLUXXvZAsI-OeLR9hMHGoeGZ3ccptAHIAWqe6U_Ga5YK0a4x76VIj6gp6QKvFuEfpDK7tMft2Lt2oZFOth3FxDnubvm7tlRgQK30d-yFVmvbyKP9mQp7fLAmZOMtQU9r1SjQ9d9cEy4imIIbjZTc0_zwlpWYBW/s781/MoonSeptember3rd2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="687" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsMQnKXDYN4-SlDdBHjUM_Lxp57QCLUXXvZAsI-OeLR9hMHGoeGZ3ccptAHIAWqe6U_Ga5YK0a4x76VIj6gp6QKvFuEfpDK7tMft2Lt2oZFOth3FxDnubvm7tlRgQK30d-yFVmvbyKP9mQp7fLAmZOMtQU9r1SjQ9d9cEy4imIIbjZTc0_zwlpWYBW/s320/MoonSeptember3rd2023.jpg" width="281" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I tried Jupiter by increasing the exposure to 1/250 second
exposure. It did not work.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I then tried to capture the Moons by increasing the ISO to
800 and exposure to 2 seconds.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMhLpgGpOhtQ6jPgn63vHFHkjG9B5mVvUvCfWJAaWUheco7gGbz41uxhpD3TvSMkF3WtdGlDxtcOrQyxjtpF2VREv5s1ZpmCsuOX3LbP_EeV4O0hMcdEttlmirniO24fWq-c_iNROkyguiqy0WP7oB4NoThpLbQV7bnfqdCs6FMNJjc_WmIQvcUNI/s6016/JupitersMoonsSeptember3rd2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpMhLpgGpOhtQ6jPgn63vHFHkjG9B5mVvUvCfWJAaWUheco7gGbz41uxhpD3TvSMkF3WtdGlDxtcOrQyxjtpF2VREv5s1ZpmCsuOX3LbP_EeV4O0hMcdEttlmirniO24fWq-c_iNROkyguiqy0WP7oB4NoThpLbQV7bnfqdCs6FMNJjc_WmIQvcUNI/s320/JupitersMoonsSeptember3rd2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I combined all 3 images to get this composite shot.</span></h3><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxS9nU5DEE67E2xFnMB0Z7uFrVMKaM4UPFUXDJCHhz4qYcF9vsUxEpDmesrOlMQOBOtze_GnXt5LfY4Ofp98MUnJ3MYF0wzMTggkxbtcuwdEDvrfkSdbQ_uFFdKejzPDsxFQnxcZ1Cu-cb3sjWPEdp2ETGF-viUf2EeKNvmQOfyxQgrNEJStCQSfO/s2998/MoonWithJupiterSeptember3rd2023_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2139" data-original-width="2998" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDxS9nU5DEE67E2xFnMB0Z7uFrVMKaM4UPFUXDJCHhz4qYcF9vsUxEpDmesrOlMQOBOtze_GnXt5LfY4Ofp98MUnJ3MYF0wzMTggkxbtcuwdEDvrfkSdbQ_uFFdKejzPDsxFQnxcZ1Cu-cb3sjWPEdp2ETGF-viUf2EeKNvmQOfyxQgrNEJStCQSfO/s320/MoonWithJupiterSeptember3rd2023_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">September 2nd 2100 GMT Moon </h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I did not get the clear sky that the weatherperson promised.
A lot of thin cloud was around. The Moon was low in the east and out of range
of our back garden. I carried my telescope, DSLR and WiFi electronic eyepiece
to a patch of land about 30 yards from our front door.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I started off with my DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100
and 1/200 second exposure and took some full frame shots.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDxP2aXLLEFa9HSA17muOYLdWOyhGTds2KQzTEYzDlcr9kbb_5DRnvvbaxeTCN-M7zpyDoy0Jzyk5OoTwQTi36F8dz7ZOmsOntdVfkrIijOxR1x7E-1rA5rmXmJt0glBEbRpfB2MJtHBfQDoEq_UfkchtKGJhauJtD0WXGsrUfUoCPss-wUsYGXWQ/s3553/MoonSeptember2nd2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3553" data-original-width="3503" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJDxP2aXLLEFa9HSA17muOYLdWOyhGTds2KQzTEYzDlcr9kbb_5DRnvvbaxeTCN-M7zpyDoy0Jzyk5OoTwQTi36F8dz7ZOmsOntdVfkrIijOxR1x7E-1rA5rmXmJt0glBEbRpfB2MJtHBfQDoEq_UfkchtKGJhauJtD0WXGsrUfUoCPss-wUsYGXWQ/s320/MoonSeptember2nd2023.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I then switched to the electronic eyepiece and did a few
close ups.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupvX-0PEyWIfT5Xrmv-KS-WHX6s-S5bvocX2hdVWYzj8LRFGMmNnGhk9Kbt082d831ix5En_3kpGArru3RTAgegPgEICA0ZSERLjQ4G0_Ahzt3Q9pgo3Vo4Lc7lot6yX6I2ymz7o2jSWREC9HXxBg0qWyHZ48xgICL7ENMd13-SPJUUNwsyDWocKk/s1185/MoonSeptember2nd2023_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="1185" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjupvX-0PEyWIfT5Xrmv-KS-WHX6s-S5bvocX2hdVWYzj8LRFGMmNnGhk9Kbt082d831ix5En_3kpGArru3RTAgegPgEICA0ZSERLjQ4G0_Ahzt3Q9pgo3Vo4Lc7lot6yX6I2ymz7o2jSWREC9HXxBg0qWyHZ48xgICL7ENMd13-SPJUUNwsyDWocKk/s320/MoonSeptember2nd2023_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
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<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCFHZVXy2BYRc64ZPS6HBFy98jVPIoXqCtFg1f5CTa7On3UqikY4bQJDRmx7fdp-95yqTL89rXshYPh1JAeoON7amLllvOdSi5xtGo1vNoaEG5iKjH9PTEqukfkrrfHYRPnf3oiVO5aH6T--MGZasUjVhYgjjW0NfMVNCE80FtrWsgJvmQrhAvXwX/s766/MoonSeptember2nd2023_05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="766" data-original-width="686" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyCFHZVXy2BYRc64ZPS6HBFy98jVPIoXqCtFg1f5CTa7On3UqikY4bQJDRmx7fdp-95yqTL89rXshYPh1JAeoON7amLllvOdSi5xtGo1vNoaEG5iKjH9PTEqukfkrrfHYRPnf3oiVO5aH6T--MGZasUjVhYgjjW0NfMVNCE80FtrWsgJvmQrhAvXwX/s320/MoonSeptember2nd2023_05.jpg" width="287" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JizsCe8FFxLK1JQfMvOrf8lwOmikAPvoCUgw4euF1ogOUXJimBifD23RsrZnuM2h7U-3uSWY_5i-dgyt5zEcRkaMZ_tBU-OydUrikPzd2ty_zo8_qGzbherwiBV2Z4QcxmCtKl6nC4qhC3GZut2t2AUocvarkryEL_mV2lEvLjolkJChP4-aCqrS/s918/MoonSeptember2nd2023_06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="918" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8JizsCe8FFxLK1JQfMvOrf8lwOmikAPvoCUgw4euF1ogOUXJimBifD23RsrZnuM2h7U-3uSWY_5i-dgyt5zEcRkaMZ_tBU-OydUrikPzd2ty_zo8_qGzbherwiBV2Z4QcxmCtKl6nC4qhC3GZut2t2AUocvarkryEL_mV2lEvLjolkJChP4-aCqrS/s320/MoonSeptember2nd2023_06.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div>I tried to find and photograph Saturn but it was too hazy.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-70430552849419533862023-08-01T11:46:00.047-07:002023-08-28T10:11:09.923-07:00August 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="font-size: 18.72px;"><p class="MsoNormal">August 27th 2300 GMT Planetary and Deep Sky Session<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It was the witching hour and I saw Saturn through my
Maksutov at 48x magnification. Even with such a small apparent size, it was a
splendid sight. I had trouble finding it in my WiFi electronic eyepiece, so
resorted to my DSLR instead, using 1.54 metres focal length, ISO 400 and 1/100
second exposure. I used ISO 6400 and 1/3 second exposure to hopefully capture
any moons. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChbQ0jcJoqTpAtnn_fZ_ODK89jtt8RXY5orBchSXK-rlWLeHaCU24bPlD-bU7-NWItB-fny9Xi6LiM_6N_Bd0aJY98unpNk7XgH7B4JTWhIiQ73bI4VRpO14sjGuvimPOPl5z_pwiy53MjS44GYi_Xnp2r8oyLR__3mc__-k8Q04T70x26_c35F1A/s781/SaturnAugust27th_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="781" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChbQ0jcJoqTpAtnn_fZ_ODK89jtt8RXY5orBchSXK-rlWLeHaCU24bPlD-bU7-NWItB-fny9Xi6LiM_6N_Bd0aJY98unpNk7XgH7B4JTWhIiQ73bI4VRpO14sjGuvimPOPl5z_pwiy53MjS44GYi_Xnp2r8oyLR__3mc__-k8Q04T70x26_c35F1A/s320/SaturnAugust27th_2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEkap7KqKKwlEgOpkIR6GCbO5_6kE1nE0sf-ngsmZwoERlI4mkAc6oqqsVNZWVbIRf9x41rvaaBV0UHE0DvipsIWoJcjF8tOHxJJ4Vy8jpp19XxzVIft2Shb9FIAz2bTqOmiPQ5dD5BSjeDogRGM__cUU890Dq6X4K2y92mktZWFCRFrOxJxLCLfP/s1804/SaturnWithTitanAugust27th_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1265" data-original-width="1804" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEkap7KqKKwlEgOpkIR6GCbO5_6kE1nE0sf-ngsmZwoERlI4mkAc6oqqsVNZWVbIRf9x41rvaaBV0UHE0DvipsIWoJcjF8tOHxJJ4Vy8jpp19XxzVIft2Shb9FIAz2bTqOmiPQ5dD5BSjeDogRGM__cUU890Dq6X4K2y92mktZWFCRFrOxJxLCLfP/s320/SaturnWithTitanAugust27th_2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: 400;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p>I took then combined the shots to end up with this result.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNo272trQ364MJay-6S8EbVy0tBl-Ssiq6QfUDSTo_7TJ_eHE5CT_GeLeQkDCdTIwgPHAkPUMsprfkrjWY3f8YKCkxRvyNhvU0ssaAIPTeU6HL0RHyuEi2Q_U8he_ENaYuJmt0lHcAx3Av2A3O3HhBjsqMLogOLYSnGBhPQ_Mv_BsRdEUKEsVk7yGm/s1804/SaturnWithTitanAugust27th_2023_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1265" data-original-width="1804" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNo272trQ364MJay-6S8EbVy0tBl-Ssiq6QfUDSTo_7TJ_eHE5CT_GeLeQkDCdTIwgPHAkPUMsprfkrjWY3f8YKCkxRvyNhvU0ssaAIPTeU6HL0RHyuEi2Q_U8he_ENaYuJmt0lHcAx3Av2A3O3HhBjsqMLogOLYSnGBhPQ_Mv_BsRdEUKEsVk7yGm/s320/SaturnWithTitanAugust27th_2023_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I repeated the same with Jupiter. The moons were pout of focus and the planet was underwhelming.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2QJ7QHBasuT0dUqnUHqcwzARMmqh2O4hTJfFrdmdZMpTaV6b_jj0tY6HQxSMtIgLFkq6YVVm4qatiMrQn2zUqPHLCnEVcq1dhfid6QhMW0gs51Qtq11BaDeDFevv7vcaQj5W8haWAjUl-xaodgMfdankUkZkAEzX_00dEzl4RhS4g98R_1h2SRWK/s671/JupiterAugust27th_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="671" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2QJ7QHBasuT0dUqnUHqcwzARMmqh2O4hTJfFrdmdZMpTaV6b_jj0tY6HQxSMtIgLFkq6YVVm4qatiMrQn2zUqPHLCnEVcq1dhfid6QhMW0gs51Qtq11BaDeDFevv7vcaQj5W8haWAjUl-xaodgMfdankUkZkAEzX_00dEzl4RhS4g98R_1h2SRWK/s320/JupiterAugust27th_2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I removed the DSLR from my telescope and attached my 75 to
300mm zoom lens. I set the focal length to 100mm, ISO to 6400 and exposure to 6
seconds. I used Jupiter's moons as a starting point and took some dark
frames.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">At 100mm focal length, I could not separate the moons from each other but at least I got them.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgui-OYsMmMvYkPq_1sq2A12R7YpgJYi1kp9WTgWDqqZVM7sny406L8HJomAoSSzwXuCdIONlybtIVI9nrX02UYOD8JEC2yw39CLgBqRa4SMxP_IgY2YTW4ZrUmq2EpwqPrlKcWw4cZfu8UgFCJY_3QrX8s8POaA_lFdVB4lxC5veAhybI_9qk-LhW_/s6016/JupiterWithMoonsAugust27th_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgui-OYsMmMvYkPq_1sq2A12R7YpgJYi1kp9WTgWDqqZVM7sny406L8HJomAoSSzwXuCdIONlybtIVI9nrX02UYOD8JEC2yw39CLgBqRa4SMxP_IgY2YTW4ZrUmq2EpwqPrlKcWw4cZfu8UgFCJY_3QrX8s8POaA_lFdVB4lxC5veAhybI_9qk-LhW_/s320/JupiterWithMoonsAugust27th_2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Then I overlaid the image of Jupiter on top of it.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_1Ex2eCGMzIoK2nA7oc48RzFiyh31OOaHZcL-nIFcRBnKsDKMmkog7g9IkoaBHz4CM7GZkcEpgjj3BAodZEf6HEd0lk-14zlJMfl7V6L-nyN8ZdAqJIIip_Z0PribDOpIGIiZVj_2IEUeewTtIN6PCNT6ydYdAS3YbecfiWLd2KpoM9mBCAzjcCK/s6016/JupiterWithMoonsAugust27th_2023_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV_1Ex2eCGMzIoK2nA7oc48RzFiyh31OOaHZcL-nIFcRBnKsDKMmkog7g9IkoaBHz4CM7GZkcEpgjj3BAodZEf6HEd0lk-14zlJMfl7V6L-nyN8ZdAqJIIip_Z0PribDOpIGIiZVj_2IEUeewTtIN6PCNT6ydYdAS3YbecfiWLd2KpoM9mBCAzjcCK/s320/JupiterWithMoonsAugust27th_2023_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Before getting back to my intended targets, I bagged a couple of meteors.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18.72px;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18.72px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcvBPJyX3tp0G2w6PubRPveOnncYrgah8MH817jQ4bPqNCVKAOgACgi8UmNo6NuLwOVqp7xMqcbebjTdOZtcFFhbN55dXs724vrdwq8fvHhTTMKpjAA5txJqTHE8LlvIk-DbZdUJ5WrqhrDPFhbAZuxiGYRC2c7WJFmdxxDHJD1enDbC0gP13AzcH5/s320/MeteorAugust26th_2023_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">Naturally, I did a close-up of the first and brighter of the two.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18.72px;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18.72px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8x3kk6i_V_E7MVXxAwy_jXhahupa-PfNJzaMYvOoE7a8Z0Q5DkZpR_phzhP96ed0OmYKizgwQ1o1wHLPxpCooeb92tLEYl1y1KWfkQ3sy-f_wRCiOrm6JEU8oNtMmFKkNSLoA-w5CS8JOjU534yry99I6mq3pRnbBFXVOyT7Ie9ONOfq6QQfePcje/s1584/MeteorAugust26th_2023_Close-up.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="1584" height="85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8x3kk6i_V_E7MVXxAwy_jXhahupa-PfNJzaMYvOoE7a8Z0Q5DkZpR_phzhP96ed0OmYKizgwQ1o1wHLPxpCooeb92tLEYl1y1KWfkQ3sy-f_wRCiOrm6JEU8oNtMmFKkNSLoA-w5CS8JOjU534yry99I6mq3pRnbBFXVOyT7Ie9ONOfq6QQfePcje/s320/MeteorAugust26th_2023_Close-up.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">First up was my old favourite Melotte 20.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsJcgibRE9AWskNe1C4KdI-F3WSR7TaTbx-Fg-8mgk_Oz0UneQ9jGmpNsOUAQpLYLkrhsASjHjSy15u_J-TL6SXzeZ6bYckx4OPIClXhqw1D-Fv34fbqSOcBLkDsed9vuGpK1SM4TsD3uUdFumqPmUaE-v19yefkKYCgm0DLNLTM_vcyZ9_Ausclp/s4263/Melotte20August27th2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2838" data-original-width="4263" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsJcgibRE9AWskNe1C4KdI-F3WSR7TaTbx-Fg-8mgk_Oz0UneQ9jGmpNsOUAQpLYLkrhsASjHjSy15u_J-TL6SXzeZ6bYckx4OPIClXhqw1D-Fv34fbqSOcBLkDsed9vuGpK1SM4TsD3uUdFumqPmUaE-v19yefkKYCgm0DLNLTM_vcyZ9_Ausclp/s320/Melotte20August27th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Next up was the Constellation of Aries. I saw what looked
like a star cluster near Alpha, something I had never seen before. I also saw a faint meteor shooting up from the direction of Jupiter.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQ4aNE_J17xNBKnKLJzcUSzQ7AlAqL_8skvEEmPfZiXwAH_13vfMk_hpLaJojMJ-IwPTvAzYQfWgyJCW5KOge9ZkPHfM9pqVR6IyPwi4SIbLK6p-TYeoqAb2-_HkcAsroPgxg1ycYMGUF5bVrCcVr7zpJx4ymstmZ9YPs4fVkKJbFGWqnoJUlNfvc/s4884/Aries20August27th2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2783" data-original-width="4884" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSQ4aNE_J17xNBKnKLJzcUSzQ7AlAqL_8skvEEmPfZiXwAH_13vfMk_hpLaJojMJ-IwPTvAzYQfWgyJCW5KOge9ZkPHfM9pqVR6IyPwi4SIbLK6p-TYeoqAb2-_HkcAsroPgxg1ycYMGUF5bVrCcVr7zpJx4ymstmZ9YPs4fVkKJbFGWqnoJUlNfvc/s320/Aries20August27th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I repeated the shot for Triangulum.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpIpVHIqmQJ4Y41TSaC9Z7pkVCkr2n6s6_V-hjqXK9L3wl5ZAsdrrfrAeSFiRlb544-BTxqr5Et-WBYcOw5Kg-uHcCezMb6CoaOQEYSabkt401fL10M7drLPxQpmisFlFGilrqdryXKY8gYKCCwU6qgNEXibdBKOn9EDGq1x9vg9ahXXiNZENWQLY/s6016/TriangulumAugust27th2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpIpVHIqmQJ4Y41TSaC9Z7pkVCkr2n6s6_V-hjqXK9L3wl5ZAsdrrfrAeSFiRlb544-BTxqr5Et-WBYcOw5Kg-uHcCezMb6CoaOQEYSabkt401fL10M7drLPxQpmisFlFGilrqdryXKY8gYKCCwU6qgNEXibdBKOn9EDGq1x9vg9ahXXiNZENWQLY/s320/TriangulumAugust27th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I also caught a couple more meteors.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnavfYSzT8ACO4Ifvqy92Tzabl6EaDiGEdsS5rPy2UuguHbNOsN3bCyO_eZflPKbqxqjNjVLZKWh2dSvJcAU_2wwl3g9DKbVZkLz27CApT1HaHgof-FNNTqigrqz-XE7V9idWiUuOKpsOI9mg9AUg3SdmGFmy-ewtWqUpXXjzQzfgzGIVkh8ba8A0T/s6016/MeteorAugust26th_2023_03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnavfYSzT8ACO4Ifvqy92Tzabl6EaDiGEdsS5rPy2UuguHbNOsN3bCyO_eZflPKbqxqjNjVLZKWh2dSvJcAU_2wwl3g9DKbVZkLz27CApT1HaHgof-FNNTqigrqz-XE7V9idWiUuOKpsOI9mg9AUg3SdmGFmy-ewtWqUpXXjzQzfgzGIVkh8ba8A0T/s320/MeteorAugust26th_2023_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCD5a6GLULQk3tHUPxMnZJ1Ecgffhq_jVaIYTYo7kwH9G08S4SZKv_U4D5M0uJgXSGuKa8e1GsxFro4ebeatVe1aaXw0YAn5r_rMhSMgcoIlBMfIN5El42BVYaiH-YU7xKFEbMbgZm2a_GqzqxtXSK_YYJ5HFr_QAYJo5pgDPoQD8n78BM-ebWQjT/s6016/MeteorAugust26th_2023_04.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWCD5a6GLULQk3tHUPxMnZJ1Ecgffhq_jVaIYTYo7kwH9G08S4SZKv_U4D5M0uJgXSGuKa8e1GsxFro4ebeatVe1aaXw0YAn5r_rMhSMgcoIlBMfIN5El42BVYaiH-YU7xKFEbMbgZm2a_GqzqxtXSK_YYJ5HFr_QAYJo5pgDPoQD8n78BM-ebWQjT/s320/MeteorAugust26th_2023_04.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Although it was too low in the sky I just had to photograph
the Pleiades.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5Q14M9H3jfV_lo7sSFJOJfwvOfR4vEDitn9-V83iTJxQ6PkzHyJOsQ-DQZEaQAIlKN21k7P0nR8imHmMe5YOYusAsGycIqGQvSmffL62ErfzpgjvwqTDq_N5MiKSKdcodpAwY-63FH3-xWx_gJQFotADMx5p8mPQEVzz8C6gCjQtbrn8P9QzXli0/s3779/M45August27th2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2701" data-original-width="3779" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5Q14M9H3jfV_lo7sSFJOJfwvOfR4vEDitn9-V83iTJxQ6PkzHyJOsQ-DQZEaQAIlKN21k7P0nR8imHmMe5YOYusAsGycIqGQvSmffL62ErfzpgjvwqTDq_N5MiKSKdcodpAwY-63FH3-xWx_gJQFotADMx5p8mPQEVzz8C6gCjQtbrn8P9QzXli0/s320/M45August27th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Time for bed said Zebedee! (for old folk who can still
remember)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">August 26th 2215 GMT Moon <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Moon was very low in the west and I had to go out into
the neighbourhood to see and photograph it. I took several shots at 1.54m focal
length, ISO 100 and 1/100 second exposure. I stacked 5 images using Avistack and finished in GIMP.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIoHanXGg2eyScft8gzwtHGTCrXuBzL7-v8KGE1MF4Jy94BfnbltWBzOY1Y-_xOnLIS-2zqlPv3-BZrWXg73Z-T_v2db1Cvta70iL6EWDUYAFjWljodzIR3MJOWArjhkKWJthEVuXTa0QREiju4ZR9XyWZo04gWYXDhB48jKUM7Mys7a07PIx48JQ_/s3532/MoonAugust26th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3532" data-original-width="3338" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIoHanXGg2eyScft8gzwtHGTCrXuBzL7-v8KGE1MF4Jy94BfnbltWBzOY1Y-_xOnLIS-2zqlPv3-BZrWXg73Z-T_v2db1Cvta70iL6EWDUYAFjWljodzIR3MJOWArjhkKWJthEVuXTa0QREiju4ZR9XyWZo04gWYXDhB48jKUM7Mys7a07PIx48JQ_/s320/MoonAugust26th2023.jpg" width="302" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I then followed up with some closeups using my WiFi
electronic eyepiece. With the Moon low in the sky, I was only able to capture one imaging run. However, using a new micro SD card adaptor solved the issue of transferring files to my laptop.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKnz3NXU2lMlAHyrnLmh45wvRl0Qo2qHllJr_2I1S3ERlnDqrgY696StsnTBBMnIVNAbpI20AB5586ARJOkCEpoTx29Kshgsz29b-kqKHf1OpM6NKURZHlfPdAvJDYZqgNfXFgRYe2Bkpqy5MdGeJ96S8LtoEQyo6AAd1HtzTnWve6H2EkJR8CIrA/s1143/MoonAugust26th2023_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="962" data-original-width="1143" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKnz3NXU2lMlAHyrnLmh45wvRl0Qo2qHllJr_2I1S3ERlnDqrgY696StsnTBBMnIVNAbpI20AB5586ARJOkCEpoTx29Kshgsz29b-kqKHf1OpM6NKURZHlfPdAvJDYZqgNfXFgRYe2Bkpqy5MdGeJ96S8LtoEQyo6AAd1HtzTnWve6H2EkJR8CIrA/s320/MoonAugust26th2023_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18.72px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18.72px;">August 26th 1115 GMT Sun </span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18.72px;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: 18.72px; font-weight: normal;">Conditions had worsened since the night before. I was able to see a close sunspot pair just about to rotate off but I was sure that many others were hiding behind the clouds.</span></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe34Tp3rZOVczWUWwwJ7SqXPwRRZ1v9q6HBHXERM35VRoMjzfKC0bNI-5Km1VJfCsWkDdkEczwGykyh_Gx5N0Jcx8TVIV__sQ1B4minpRsoitGRggy-yhqyzOsUMMPsDjmzTUM-MYrar_Et0PqR-gJraeUNK2knkx1tCbYUZQbwAeFB-sHp8aIJDlO/s890/SolarDrawingAugust26th_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="713" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe34Tp3rZOVczWUWwwJ7SqXPwRRZ1v9q6HBHXERM35VRoMjzfKC0bNI-5Km1VJfCsWkDdkEczwGykyh_Gx5N0Jcx8TVIV__sQ1B4minpRsoitGRggy-yhqyzOsUMMPsDjmzTUM-MYrar_Et0PqR-gJraeUNK2knkx1tCbYUZQbwAeFB-sHp8aIJDlO/s320/SolarDrawingAugust26th_2023.JPG" width="256" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">August 26th 2345 GMT Visual Session<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">After a cloudy day with rain at times, some stars appeared.
There was still more than enough moving cloud to deter me from trying to
photograph anything. I was not deterred from taking my binoculars out, though.
Jupiter was fading in and out of view but when clear showed two moons to the
west. Saturn would have looked more like a flying saucer, had I not known about
its rings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The star cluster in Perseus, known as Melotte 20 showed but
was somewhat disappointing compared to its appearance in a clear sky. Neither
M34 nor the Double Cluster were visible at all.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Andromeda Galaxy showed as a large, fuzzy patch. Just as
I was about to call it a night, I saw the famous Pleiades, about 25 of them.
Again, it was not at its best and I hoped to get some better photo and visual
opportunities later in the year.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">August 24th 1930 GMT Moon <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Most of the sky was cloudy but there was a clear patch to
the south. The Moon was just past first quarter but appeared to be south of the
ecliptic, as it was very low. I took my larger binoculars out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Due to libration, Tycho and Clavius were both on the
terminator and showed well. It was nice to see Tycho as a regular crater, much
as I enjoy sèing and photographing its ray systems at a full moon. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">August 23rd 1200 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I bin scanned the Sun in clear skies. Although this may not
seem particularly exciting for non-astronomers, I saw a new large sunspot that
had rotated on from the far side.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Vb0jlBGa4IOVm0L8V15bokONYRpJ-6xa6Hi8EdjF4QmCJmJapLd7V9hHKPk5D3OVsrb6TszaawpA_IxLmZWa1myQ3D84DAp4oytCykmq0rayP4dQrL_4_yiAGbPrF82LwJhCXQttHbW7vrlhl6_nhZkcSxXkW3a-VP1dmZzOElA9wj3HHIvoVdt0/s900/SolarDrawingAugust23rd_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="745" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_Vb0jlBGa4IOVm0L8V15bokONYRpJ-6xa6Hi8EdjF4QmCJmJapLd7V9hHKPk5D3OVsrb6TszaawpA_IxLmZWa1myQ3D84DAp4oytCykmq0rayP4dQrL_4_yiAGbPrF82LwJhCXQttHbW7vrlhl6_nhZkcSxXkW3a-VP1dmZzOElA9wj3HHIvoVdt0/s320/SolarDrawingAugust23rd_2023.JPG" width="265" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">August 22<sup>nd</sup> 1110 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Despite the clear sky, I was only able to see two sunspots.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDNW85UZqkVLR_dWhXCtVBbFyggJE0EQcKSkooKP43SnJQWE0aXh5IK0GkLTJ2gpZx7YuX_8XNzX1YruaBQeZwGnCq0c4Hx3k8j9ZkIpzGfZt_Knl2Ysq1Vtkce2G4cEBS-vtIPei5o6MGdy_uWMdnnbX_M6Riej30MI5EtFHsuOBt334kjy6hlgys/s898/SolarDrawingAugust22nd_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="755" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDNW85UZqkVLR_dWhXCtVBbFyggJE0EQcKSkooKP43SnJQWE0aXh5IK0GkLTJ2gpZx7YuX_8XNzX1YruaBQeZwGnCq0c4Hx3k8j9ZkIpzGfZt_Knl2Ysq1Vtkce2G4cEBS-vtIPei5o6MGdy_uWMdnnbX_M6Riej30MI5EtFHsuOBt334kjy6hlgys/s320/SolarDrawingAugust22nd_2023.JPG" width="269" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">August 20<sup>th</sup> 1205 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">After witnessing a special point in history for the second
time in my life, I saw the England Ladies play in a World Cup final. Unlike
their male counterparts on that memorable day in 1966, the Lionesses
lost. In years to come, I will remember that it was their first appearance in
the final and the only one that any England team had been in for over 57 years.
I was a primary school student in 1966 and a pensioner in 2023. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">At the final whistle, I checked the Sun and it felt an
anti-climax but saw four sunspots, one more than the day before. I also
reflected that in 1966, I showed a solar projection of the Sun to my assembled
classmates in 1966.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT3Zd03wufEv0gYgI_KZCLpLGsjYwxZyhWmlpNofR7fz1RhZf3VSn4ryOav98A765cSV7b8zDBWOc2fM8GzssbUAEaN1LzqBP3V4VY0gSQH51ZbcGCJncFKM8ViF22dp7BEdS847Ai9nGgumoHXtAisE7sJC11heW_DgULJci9JCSwo_kwp2QAyVVD/s902/SolarDrawingAugust20th_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT3Zd03wufEv0gYgI_KZCLpLGsjYwxZyhWmlpNofR7fz1RhZf3VSn4ryOav98A765cSV7b8zDBWOc2fM8GzssbUAEaN1LzqBP3V4VY0gSQH51ZbcGCJncFKM8ViF22dp7BEdS847Ai9nGgumoHXtAisE7sJC11heW_DgULJci9JCSwo_kwp2QAyVVD/s320/SolarDrawingAugust20th_2023.JPG" width="272" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">August 19<sup>th</sup> 0920 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Our car was so full on holiday that I had no room for my big
binoculars and solar filters. I finally saw the Sun in a clear-ish sky for what
seemed ages and saw three sunspots.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjSE7uPmDbPvyrXpmUqAOcwYvWaSagcvOZxDxnSz7goWdK0Pz2dhiE1rPrdszJpQ_7Tp0kXm7lm9IuDIcB-a5s8j2rpGHuwHYJaHL-YMC4Tul0TGQiZaRYNZMzoBCnTPrOpLzS14ASsczYXc-pfRmFsQ2InFRaT89j6CBtvFZYNzWeZ1x1zRwlw36z/s912/SolarDrawingAugust19th_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="912" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjSE7uPmDbPvyrXpmUqAOcwYvWaSagcvOZxDxnSz7goWdK0Pz2dhiE1rPrdszJpQ_7Tp0kXm7lm9IuDIcB-a5s8j2rpGHuwHYJaHL-YMC4Tul0TGQiZaRYNZMzoBCnTPrOpLzS14ASsczYXc-pfRmFsQ2InFRaT89j6CBtvFZYNzWeZ1x1zRwlw36z/s320/SolarDrawingAugust19th_2023.JPG" width="269" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">August 19th 2315 GMT Visual Session <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The clear sky promised by the weatherperson did not happen.
My original idea was to catch some Perseid meteors, which can still appear for
a week or two past the peak. I checked for them visually several times but did
not see any. It was likely that many faint ones were obscured by cloud. I took
my 15x70 binoculars out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Even some of the brighter deep sky objects, such as Melotte
20 and the Andromeda Galaxy were hiding behind various layers of cloud at
times, although I saw them.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Saturn showed its oval shap, suggesting rings but I have
never resolved the gap between the rings and planet. Jupiter showed just a
single moon. I had trouble finding and seeing M13 but the fainter M15 showed,
although only just. I also saw the Wild Duck cluster but decided to try
photographing it on a clearer night. Low in the east was the Pleiades star
cluster but I could only see about 20 stars, far less than I can see one clear
autumn or winter evening.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I finished the session by spotting Albireo, Delta and
Epsilon Lyrae, Nu and 16/17 Draconi, ending with Mizar and Alcor. A further
wait for meteors came to nothing.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 16th 2140 GMT Binocular Session </h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was hoping for some Perseid shower meteor photos, even
though it was past its peak. Unfortunately, there were only clear patches of
sky and not usually enough to fill a whole constellation. I was able to see
some objects through my 7x30 binoculars. I saw the main cluster members of
Melotte 20. I did not see the Andromeda Galaxy straight away but its fuzzy
appearance was obvious, once that part of the sky cleared. Jupiter had risen
but I could not see any moons. I also saw M13 but it was barely perceptible,
same with the Wild Duck Cluster (M31). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The double stars in Lyra, Delta and Epsilon split easily but
I could not split Albireo. I split Alcor and Mizar and that was that for the
night.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 15th 2230 GMT Meteor Search</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With some clear sky, it was almost dark. I set my camera at
the usual settings of 18mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 6 seconds exposure. I
then hoped.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="text-align: left;">At 2217 GMT, I caught a UFO.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9C-W1Awz2PRhrjdltmQOVvrQIWR2RMLHF9V-Au0axQg6mkUJoSDWvTHB2vw2XuTAMPMsK9Q7ieh90ae1mxdwi0MN1z0QUHINIQWSzQ2NoT-mFVLKvkkOAKrQntC5LNwtkZ0fNqJ5_YxzSQ9KPDgXK8hsaFXGN-PmVCNvhMiXF9kSwm0Xttzj7yD4O/s198/UFOAugust15th_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="171" data-original-width="198" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9C-W1Awz2PRhrjdltmQOVvrQIWR2RMLHF9V-Au0axQg6mkUJoSDWvTHB2vw2XuTAMPMsK9Q7ieh90ae1mxdwi0MN1z0QUHINIQWSzQ2NoT-mFVLKvkkOAKrQntC5LNwtkZ0fNqJ5_YxzSQ9KPDgXK8hsaFXGN-PmVCNvhMiXF9kSwm0Xttzj7yD4O/s1600/UFOAugust15th_2023.JPG" width="198" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">At 2240 GMT, I caught another.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OdlpVkqPa9YwqFzv2fq8XTq9OYEfd99nNQyWVXTlGZhfWUqHmqFCHE22YfAfuj12FBYpfxedvs45ee8tNl8MeIgkYVNDa-I0rZUDOMGaO0Jxjh6kR7JorCAtewFzmbYD1gK7xYuSpzoGmhFXe04xx1_E2flr8TXXIpXl7Nkf1znSlegEvVudyDqQ/s297/UFOAugust15th_2023_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="297" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0OdlpVkqPa9YwqFzv2fq8XTq9OYEfd99nNQyWVXTlGZhfWUqHmqFCHE22YfAfuj12FBYpfxedvs45ee8tNl8MeIgkYVNDa-I0rZUDOMGaO0Jxjh6kR7JorCAtewFzmbYD1gK7xYuSpzoGmhFXe04xx1_E2flr8TXXIpXl7Nkf1znSlegEvVudyDqQ/s1600/UFOAugust15th_2023_02.JPG" width="297" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I did not detect any meteors but processed some of the early images to show Andromeda and Cassiopeia.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eW3j1z4NA_lwECUi3Wj-UWQGUpV-AwmgTdr8uK-3hHA7RDcA1Wc5y60NXox6JwAZ8EBzyeMRPg0gfG5qxNgotM7sOZWCsopQJs5BwSIcpCWWCCHdnhZNP04uK_UmWSRJ4XfzgwXd2Iqayqk43Bis5u5h3Lrxnk89L5pZLgH5y762Xxe22Fi2k94D/s5016/AndromedaAugust15th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2437" data-original-width="5016" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eW3j1z4NA_lwECUi3Wj-UWQGUpV-AwmgTdr8uK-3hHA7RDcA1Wc5y60NXox6JwAZ8EBzyeMRPg0gfG5qxNgotM7sOZWCsopQJs5BwSIcpCWWCCHdnhZNP04uK_UmWSRJ4XfzgwXd2Iqayqk43Bis5u5h3Lrxnk89L5pZLgH5y762Xxe22Fi2k94D/s320/AndromedaAugust15th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 14th 2210 GMT Constellation shoot</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">it had been a mostly cloudy day and evening but a small
period of clarity began soon after 2200 GMT. I browsed the northern sky with
small binoculars. I saw Melotte 20 and the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). I also split
Mizar and Alcor. At 2211 GMT, I saw a very bright Perseid meteor.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I proceeded to perform a constellatio shoot, while
simultaneously checking for further meteors. I used 18mm focal length, ISO 1600
and 30 seconds exposure, aiming at Cassiopeia, Cygnus, Herculean and Ursa
Minor, in turn.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I caught a Perseid meteor while imaging Cassiopeia. The Milky Way showed well and it was nice to catch a meteor as well as several deep sky objects.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtiSWuqv7iHgYQKpXTMQM5eIcr4VNdmlTecC6D9a1RnTSpPkxLm_4gBopJ34AXip85c6TrrJL-8Wb6BNNMoQPRPmu5FsM_XLyH__qUup400dQakvwfgAeUwtPQQBxFDqWN0AJnNkWAlt7Mjui5k8xr21crdouLEVbCIS9cxmbIQ13-DQKrG9Es81g5/s5291/PerseidMeteorAugust14th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3619" data-original-width="5291" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtiSWuqv7iHgYQKpXTMQM5eIcr4VNdmlTecC6D9a1RnTSpPkxLm_4gBopJ34AXip85c6TrrJL-8Wb6BNNMoQPRPmu5FsM_XLyH__qUup400dQakvwfgAeUwtPQQBxFDqWN0AJnNkWAlt7Mjui5k8xr21crdouLEVbCIS9cxmbIQ13-DQKrG9Es81g5/s320/PerseidMeteorAugust14th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Naturally, I also did a close-up.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhps0GYCy_zJas70ieNuwxjvJ5PNQOXWxQIb_TIJr2b3t2hNOhLt_aEoV0RXqynfA2rsJpEAjfj6V72o5aOZjOY9uXlgYcJyF55Uxh0fPyv2UedW2-4jeyGaCqorNet0XXc_XJtnajUMxn4H7u1EcVepGdbdG4d2eMe2PxCHS8L0Mf-2EvGzeYTLIZw/s1469/PerseidMeteorAugust14th2023_CloseUp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="1469" height="111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhps0GYCy_zJas70ieNuwxjvJ5PNQOXWxQIb_TIJr2b3t2hNOhLt_aEoV0RXqynfA2rsJpEAjfj6V72o5aOZjOY9uXlgYcJyF55Uxh0fPyv2UedW2-4jeyGaCqorNet0XXc_XJtnajUMxn4H7u1EcVepGdbdG4d2eMe2PxCHS8L0Mf-2EvGzeYTLIZw/s320/PerseidMeteorAugust14th2023_CloseUp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">The Cygnus shot came out well. I caught the Milky Way and the Coathanger.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Q_6BZ4kQpg2hmAvJhukE-pnCXQOt383Cksq7_iAIdIh07BgnuVaKmbDbiXaA8papdW8KeBW281HCobYHPGN8EieByWkyLuCnVEueJOPZmuU2J9inOC2MDDcqKgJxwE3thZii8drkXNBArkgO3uewM7pMhPkuMAvY0dciGJE4zi5tf57jECRoA5nN/s5429/CygnusAugust14th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3427" data-original-width="5429" height="202" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6Q_6BZ4kQpg2hmAvJhukE-pnCXQOt383Cksq7_iAIdIh07BgnuVaKmbDbiXaA8papdW8KeBW281HCobYHPGN8EieByWkyLuCnVEueJOPZmuU2J9inOC2MDDcqKgJxwE3thZii8drkXNBArkgO3uewM7pMhPkuMAvY0dciGJE4zi5tf57jECRoA5nN/s320/CygnusAugust14th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I also caught Hercules and Corona Borealis in a separate shot.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFTeCMioa_56wcitvIOoW-MpvlC3wlcWACQLpcgPPEKqwJehL64T1ElGZMi4Ci11O4QD34tme9acgxwNyiTWALhlLkpJKZ6A-XNnz0aIPtsVt2Ot-1TJW9EYKTsrCLkh_j1oUknnuO7lkwZA1JFfKsaPwQTmSEFJk2Uq9JLPdDFBPWzWmfPpO_E60/s4494/HerculesAndCoronaBorealisAugust14th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3124" data-original-width="4494" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFTeCMioa_56wcitvIOoW-MpvlC3wlcWACQLpcgPPEKqwJehL64T1ElGZMi4Ci11O4QD34tme9acgxwNyiTWALhlLkpJKZ6A-XNnz0aIPtsVt2Ot-1TJW9EYKTsrCLkh_j1oUknnuO7lkwZA1JFfKsaPwQTmSEFJk2Uq9JLPdDFBPWzWmfPpO_E60/s320/HerculesAndCoronaBorealisAugust14th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">The final image was of the Plough and Ursa Minor.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEaBo-VNJJV3doZO5LCzTT_Ez37njKelXIVnvbUrqcd1ZF902_Xlq8GeoSTlAK9YHVlErfp7ydrlAipCN0QRnTOuMnEG3hB_X9KCZH68jA5_rgPPNxRFDcioN-oA2bnsqjluSDVa06OYPF_9MLJUy6rv6VoXYaiGld_dEdg-aJal4cCKyAh8hJX51/s6016/UrsaMinorAndPloughAugust14th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyEaBo-VNJJV3doZO5LCzTT_Ez37njKelXIVnvbUrqcd1ZF902_Xlq8GeoSTlAK9YHVlErfp7ydrlAipCN0QRnTOuMnEG3hB_X9KCZH68jA5_rgPPNxRFDcioN-oA2bnsqjluSDVa06OYPF_9MLJUy6rv6VoXYaiGld_dEdg-aJal4cCKyAh8hJX51/s320/UrsaMinorAndPloughAugust14th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I saw a fainter sporadic meteor at 2324 GMT, a Perseid
meteor at 2330, a sporadic meteor at 2337, with some further Perseid meteors at
2339 and 2340. There was no further activity in the final 10 minutes, as cloud
moved in.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 11th 2140 GMT Meteor Hunt</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was clear in parts, although Perseus was clouded out. I
set a camera at my usual settings and hoped. Unfortunately, unlike the 9th, I waited in vain.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 10th 0010 GMT Moon and Jupiter</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I seemed to have problems capturing the Moon and Jupiter on
camera. I used ISO 6400, 18mm focal length and 1/10 second exposure in the end.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIhVPWQ52hP4RhMC97bB9LhW2oQEM4xmJ6D_QgD0p_Fhk4CUdpIwb1C5S8UTiloUNaPBVVoea14RIrfMh856dbDBq3On9NiVt4y5eHqoqstKDKX-VrD9H_pjnIWxCmn5mLWaIVZDFmyhi21ZptpJSZOfn9w-DmJhdMqFHqigdvYSii_5qx363OD1E/s2228/MoonWithJupiterAugust10th_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="2228" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMIhVPWQ52hP4RhMC97bB9LhW2oQEM4xmJ6D_QgD0p_Fhk4CUdpIwb1C5S8UTiloUNaPBVVoea14RIrfMh856dbDBq3On9NiVt4y5eHqoqstKDKX-VrD9H_pjnIWxCmn5mLWaIVZDFmyhi21ZptpJSZOfn9w-DmJhdMqFHqigdvYSii_5qx363OD1E/s320/MoonWithJupiterAugust10th_2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This was the equivalent with a mobile phone camera.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzZzXYv8PbzuwgslfrB13VkLOa1fPzrU73Aae2xDFVCNFgHvATOgHDW4rPgYQjadhjH2NR0bOG_kN0R-3lbZtSE4uI_oGW_NtRJtprJaKLel1IkimJsNdvli88AK-yPNIG9soC49QrtJ_OodpPEztz2N8p4DLoh7hmuqfZthT7jtRHjP3z322n81x/s4080/MoonWithJupiterAugust10th_2023-01.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFzZzXYv8PbzuwgslfrB13VkLOa1fPzrU73Aae2xDFVCNFgHvATOgHDW4rPgYQjadhjH2NR0bOG_kN0R-3lbZtSE4uI_oGW_NtRJtprJaKLel1IkimJsNdvli88AK-yPNIG9soC49QrtJ_OodpPEztz2N8p4DLoh7hmuqfZthT7jtRHjP3z322n81x/s320/MoonWithJupiterAugust10th_2023-01.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 9th 2130 GMT Meteor Hunt</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was the time of year when any self-respecting astronomer
and also those like me, who gave that up decades ago, turns their attention to
meteors. it was less than 100 hours to the peak of the Perseid shower. I aimed
my camera with Cassiopeia in the centre of the field of view and hoped. I used
my normal settings of 18mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 6 seconds exposure.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I thought I had captured a meteor in the first 91 photos but subsequent ones showed that it was something slower-moving, probably a satellite. I processed 10 frames, using Sequator, GraXpert and GIMP to show Cassiopeia.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHrrPMsDxNGOjdd0pHqFgighjeyc040DqOA6WsUN72b5kX1cP5TE0BSbB2YgnC2X2K3gIXJ_2jRe01-4CZCv3999P51Lr3VQFTPp7YXK867PkBni3z__NDxs2Pz5EIN48djoQzXwzmjVuOdFHeKFTUfP2pIqo7Wgw0bo885Ilo8hsbco_UfenWGNP/s6016/CassiopeiaAugust9th_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDHrrPMsDxNGOjdd0pHqFgighjeyc040DqOA6WsUN72b5kX1cP5TE0BSbB2YgnC2X2K3gIXJ_2jRe01-4CZCv3999P51Lr3VQFTPp7YXK867PkBni3z__NDxs2Pz5EIN48djoQzXwzmjVuOdFHeKFTUfP2pIqo7Wgw0bo885Ilo8hsbco_UfenWGNP/s320/CassiopeiaAugust9th_2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">At 2218 GMT, I caught a UFO below Cassiopeia.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQEm-c-kahskdiHrWaNVJ-SmFookFEmNB2FZQIz4K4P2RDts5b8XHICB61EGq_JZeCALxAHzWrg1ettbqVeiNNLukRTVG24F5Im3TUCsFYTHRx5HGno5gOjqlF27Vza5Xbb1EJ_1UpXd22rAUM0VWpQXgBx5BKXnjYoAv_zffnYnT6sWRYiSAWOYh/s313/UFOAugust9th_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="247" data-original-width="313" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlQEm-c-kahskdiHrWaNVJ-SmFookFEmNB2FZQIz4K4P2RDts5b8XHICB61EGq_JZeCALxAHzWrg1ettbqVeiNNLukRTVG24F5Im3TUCsFYTHRx5HGno5gOjqlF27Vza5Xbb1EJ_1UpXd22rAUM0VWpQXgBx5BKXnjYoAv_zffnYnT6sWRYiSAWOYh/s1600/UFOAugust9th_2023.JPG" width="313" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div>At 2250 GMT, I caught my first Perseid meteor of the year. I did a long process, involving GraXpert and GIMP, producing a widefield shot and a closeup.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26iUEAZukiWOLJA8JPtQQgkn_a0F14MfXWYsGL-o16HZc7vPDf7iw8pzIoInZ5L-FUV7W7Neh2OQ7LPScKvht6JYk7Rvx7rXJY67ga_kmHbb-VxJIOf42TCS78xiHu8gyJwOyALKuJEHkhDNZTjMYOJa-BaQxmOmhjDr4Rha0UHKNpxDpBPEo1Q8t/s6016/PerseidMeteorAugust9th_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh26iUEAZukiWOLJA8JPtQQgkn_a0F14MfXWYsGL-o16HZc7vPDf7iw8pzIoInZ5L-FUV7W7Neh2OQ7LPScKvht6JYk7Rvx7rXJY67ga_kmHbb-VxJIOf42TCS78xiHu8gyJwOyALKuJEHkhDNZTjMYOJa-BaQxmOmhjDr4Rha0UHKNpxDpBPEo1Q8t/s320/PerseidMeteorAugust9th_2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5BURLm8w6Liuwcsnc5jhVFu09x4i7GwYnLJMKq3Xy6zWadceM0NEr4gr2Ix9YUbHqvh9Zo5zKFamKpkdnsCjAVy1pXr_IDuGzO0fVgt8UFnzscj-Q3OKupYEFVWrq7hL5vHhadhM1n2j3xoLyWHiqZHuLvqzV4WDjhMsUUbf30ddJSEYKm6qdy5p/s368/PerseidMeteorAugust9th_2023CloseUp.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="368" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu5BURLm8w6Liuwcsnc5jhVFu09x4i7GwYnLJMKq3Xy6zWadceM0NEr4gr2Ix9YUbHqvh9Zo5zKFamKpkdnsCjAVy1pXr_IDuGzO0fVgt8UFnzscj-Q3OKupYEFVWrq7hL5vHhadhM1n2j3xoLyWHiqZHuLvqzV4WDjhMsUUbf30ddJSEYKm6qdy5p/s320/PerseidMeteorAugust9th_2023CloseUp.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>At 2301 GMT, I caught a non-shower meteor.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGyAMS20F8N4vSW5OqJSmEIyvIToEWqUNN1xXbd2PuCDTSBGlV1pchPtRWKBZnPbpmRwbTKX3EuaFQk6_LNDlNvbtqkZuPUBKBSKxRyEaAFUXe7XYD3YuPWNT4UP4kCVqdfjD9zy91JzvT_LoAnbhjBMOZcbruGIUYuhTMkJNtxd-qfmlfHb6nUnp/s6016/MeteorAugust9th_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnGyAMS20F8N4vSW5OqJSmEIyvIToEWqUNN1xXbd2PuCDTSBGlV1pchPtRWKBZnPbpmRwbTKX3EuaFQk6_LNDlNvbtqkZuPUBKBSKxRyEaAFUXe7XYD3YuPWNT4UP4kCVqdfjD9zy91JzvT_LoAnbhjBMOZcbruGIUYuhTMkJNtxd-qfmlfHb6nUnp/s320/MeteorAugust9th_2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_ntShIkgzZaS3KMZT5b4opGZUst0PNQ8BBnxCz2WrliEUjoxtsq4be3R8Bclg4BkNENHsz1XrpTCuL32iH51apSAJ4B60_MS3HTbryOH8OfVPo_-y5zxZ1w9o3eanX2thvmyWEks1JCS7Y2aB1CJHbrt1zfUTSx5TAbOsxxLDxt9-Oyy1xKrNJe-/s324/MeteorAugust9th_2023_CloseUp.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="324" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV_ntShIkgzZaS3KMZT5b4opGZUst0PNQ8BBnxCz2WrliEUjoxtsq4be3R8Bclg4BkNENHsz1XrpTCuL32iH51apSAJ4B60_MS3HTbryOH8OfVPo_-y5zxZ1w9o3eanX2thvmyWEks1JCS7Y2aB1CJHbrt1zfUTSx5TAbOsxxLDxt9-Oyy1xKrNJe-/s320/MeteorAugust9th_2023_CloseUp.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>At 2320 GMT, I caught another UFO.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJyy-luALCn9fFHN6LeBJxu2q7y-eHIrOk833PRGg7kDWnF-vfPm5R64XWQJdWISUcPF1nngi24LLMbYWKQw-ss3sgKY7Rt0mH6N9LZ9YScEjup5IUY0vbX_tuFY-VH9rbmhZ7saueuJdl2CaoI8Pd-vdmulFvZDeM6FTUJeVjv-mzYG10x8av-xL/s517/UFOAugust9th_2023_02_CloseUp.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="412" data-original-width="517" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwJyy-luALCn9fFHN6LeBJxu2q7y-eHIrOk833PRGg7kDWnF-vfPm5R64XWQJdWISUcPF1nngi24LLMbYWKQw-ss3sgKY7Rt0mH6N9LZ9YScEjup5IUY0vbX_tuFY-VH9rbmhZ7saueuJdl2CaoI8Pd-vdmulFvZDeM6FTUJeVjv-mzYG10x8av-xL/s320/UFOAugust9th_2023_02_CloseUp.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHP8JlCf8h9KKGXvLSaM6fM7I6KSYn_OAQDXNu2Ds41jJbuY-3AHRMfxeQjBR-0ZoKLV_4nk9ZMN-ZGB6MtdmVnV3n2lSO-uAyR57LsfMpBaHmawvdRMLMksnt8v81VH6E7qVPkgbOV3gUEMJUG0mwhkpKn02NtU8GtYR-YC1Tl8U-skXtKAspvYwt/s6016/UFOAugust9th_2023_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHP8JlCf8h9KKGXvLSaM6fM7I6KSYn_OAQDXNu2Ds41jJbuY-3AHRMfxeQjBR-0ZoKLV_4nk9ZMN-ZGB6MtdmVnV3n2lSO-uAyR57LsfMpBaHmawvdRMLMksnt8v81VH6E7qVPkgbOV3gUEMJUG0mwhkpKn02NtU8GtYR-YC1Tl8U-skXtKAspvYwt/s320/UFOAugust9th_2023_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>At 2323 GMT, I caught another shower meteor.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1S63VX4wbwTxKS4yJ_375gX4unA82tbPop17noieSftv2WWWqUqWd0MKUtlhitu4qOw4KR5MOfJnBTV-lhjCh51yZTYNZJrvgN2SYVq3FYPO76dcslWRDYnZYgirGSLxWgnV7CuJqjJ-G26bpCmlmEsG1kYcT5Gxq0Bz5Y82iVjD8V2HDrkiwVvDi/s6016/PerseidMeteorY19AugD13_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1S63VX4wbwTxKS4yJ_375gX4unA82tbPop17noieSftv2WWWqUqWd0MKUtlhitu4qOw4KR5MOfJnBTV-lhjCh51yZTYNZJrvgN2SYVq3FYPO76dcslWRDYnZYgirGSLxWgnV7CuJqjJ-G26bpCmlmEsG1kYcT5Gxq0Bz5Y82iVjD8V2HDrkiwVvDi/s320/PerseidMeteorY19AugD13_01.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRlGrOE-YM2jfJE4R2nrNRn7srZeMFt8SRkJotRj1R81hesCJLqG_JC5DFHYagLmqf-rF5pToJWry5l8nuGuqr4xOTShWcIkdzgW9AoVNVnQxBwXiQVsOrhbyup0R8C5619lPcpLlcLxbrJ7Dg7Uvp7X63gsm3x3sQupKjNMmOnzXNmyyJBvFIkWm/s671/PerseidMeteorY19AugD13_01CloseUp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="671" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimRlGrOE-YM2jfJE4R2nrNRn7srZeMFt8SRkJotRj1R81hesCJLqG_JC5DFHYagLmqf-rF5pToJWry5l8nuGuqr4xOTShWcIkdzgW9AoVNVnQxBwXiQVsOrhbyup0R8C5619lPcpLlcLxbrJ7Dg7Uvp7X63gsm3x3sQupKjNMmOnzXNmyyJBvFIkWm/s320/PerseidMeteorY19AugD13_01CloseUp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I caught a Perseid meteor on camera at 2340 GMT.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDb5dkMOmIh8OOhOpou6L2J8RE5fnhmiM5if36mnS9XyiA9IhBkmH9p0zTDeP6yr_HbhU08vXtt20SeM3q48ZsS5HOZV5T4aYdOZxCyV9ONJDWFMD5eakkcz-r5czrnRVZntuNvW-3rIM4ZJGQribHPCxvBzap7gEyDYH1ZYKaI9O_zl_061rCgtCo/s6016/PerseidMeteorY19AugD13_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDb5dkMOmIh8OOhOpou6L2J8RE5fnhmiM5if36mnS9XyiA9IhBkmH9p0zTDeP6yr_HbhU08vXtt20SeM3q48ZsS5HOZV5T4aYdOZxCyV9ONJDWFMD5eakkcz-r5czrnRVZntuNvW-3rIM4ZJGQribHPCxvBzap7gEyDYH1ZYKaI9O_zl_061rCgtCo/s320/PerseidMeteorY19AugD13_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNm33phS7aRnr7dpc2BNAFB6uJTwD9XjhU0Swa2avSk64oWYRDVZq2XGAL0Z1ScieTK9nnSqddjcF4XQd0NFkXZHR5KYivxSWiooi2_ouaTjj1aT8MeG-Y5cR4QJPlVSGzi0FWjaXNgLgvmmsjGKKK40LaVRwWqSchtf02PH-XzItvYh1evH8GIvZ/s457/PerseidMeteorY19AugD13_02CloseUp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="374" data-original-width="457" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPNm33phS7aRnr7dpc2BNAFB6uJTwD9XjhU0Swa2avSk64oWYRDVZq2XGAL0Z1ScieTK9nnSqddjcF4XQd0NFkXZHR5KYivxSWiooi2_ouaTjj1aT8MeG-Y5cR4QJPlVSGzi0FWjaXNgLgvmmsjGKKK40LaVRwWqSchtf02PH-XzItvYh1evH8GIvZ/s320/PerseidMeteorY19AugD13_02CloseUp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 9th 0900 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I had a million and one things to do but it had seemed like
years since I had photographed the Sun. I took my Mak and DSLR out and took
some full disc shots. I used 1540mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second
exposure, as usual.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAklabPE9bgJ-xJmKwXWEBQKWgX1rXooKeEkf14Al9AzNiksrqqpE_IIuasKhztF36_-WHGD5farm5nHhHA-AvcFb7LxzFkOc8FvCTcSGDt-O2V-BBap_ulckuamFciC3oI3sSc-zoeW4aZGUPhNVE6O9LAHgjdj2QSneaUbPU8b8GPctYU1xKZdp/s324/MeteorAugust9th_2023_CloseUp.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="324" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHAklabPE9bgJ-xJmKwXWEBQKWgX1rXooKeEkf14Al9AzNiksrqqpE_IIuasKhztF36_-WHGD5farm5nHhHA-AvcFb7LxzFkOc8FvCTcSGDt-O2V-BBap_ulckuamFciC3oI3sSc-zoeW4aZGUPhNVE6O9LAHgjdj2QSneaUbPU8b8GPctYU1xKZdp/s320/MeteorAugust9th_2023_CloseUp.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhId5ZvYhThPwOj0bMxxO-UKH_nYbK8qXT_WzN7aRaRwYyeO1idGZwybDAnzLlmIs1eXTrB7aTQRG6yIscKdRDVCLpiwS3GnVxozYk7ZkHYUzM3QUcerHM3FB28poONEq2MsymwrdHptEhHjKZy9Vr5vSp_lMvPC79jERzWzuQKl6hckIpeMZHhAkZ_/s3778/SunAugust9th_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3762" data-original-width="3778" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhId5ZvYhThPwOj0bMxxO-UKH_nYbK8qXT_WzN7aRaRwYyeO1idGZwybDAnzLlmIs1eXTrB7aTQRG6yIscKdRDVCLpiwS3GnVxozYk7ZkHYUzM3QUcerHM3FB28poONEq2MsymwrdHptEhHjKZy9Vr5vSp_lMvPC79jERzWzuQKl6hckIpeMZHhAkZ_/s320/SunAugust9th_2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 6th Meteor Reprocess</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I reprocessed a meteor shot from June 25th 2029, producing a
wide field image and closeup.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YTsikN1LztLaWbAq746Rhqj1G-PO1Z_9pE8LqwG7xsmK5U4KEZVl48VrFFUpdnouY6SZOmUOw9ujfkmcP2IjBTP6__Ki1pB1fjlZem9kz-H7-r8XU3WBNcvCYOxwRsPU1ghxCGLIQEtpnzKm2KQqrEiM7zqO9hcRjE4w-Q-tpST7X3TdFCNRDADI/s6016/MeteorY20Jun25.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6016" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YTsikN1LztLaWbAq746Rhqj1G-PO1Z_9pE8LqwG7xsmK5U4KEZVl48VrFFUpdnouY6SZOmUOw9ujfkmcP2IjBTP6__Ki1pB1fjlZem9kz-H7-r8XU3WBNcvCYOxwRsPU1ghxCGLIQEtpnzKm2KQqrEiM7zqO9hcRjE4w-Q-tpST7X3TdFCNRDADI/s320/MeteorY20Jun25.JPG" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVUYy5RhPP48V2qs-LsaCkY1rPnvipuPjPXT7bTyEscpVbXP0H2A3Dkik1kN1S4vLv4Czt5LBEtZ9d9oLgBsUMttdkUbYl0ffJHs3z6rfaQdRoTTnPAVUEzI26AH4c5n2Zhm9llfDW9Dm5NLoCfQPna6-AsE3gVrW-LjNkzO4mY-621Ij9UUuZg2X/s640/MeteorY20Jun25_CloseUp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="624" data-original-width="640" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaVUYy5RhPP48V2qs-LsaCkY1rPnvipuPjPXT7bTyEscpVbXP0H2A3Dkik1kN1S4vLv4Czt5LBEtZ9d9oLgBsUMttdkUbYl0ffJHs3z6rfaQdRoTTnPAVUEzI26AH4c5n2Zhm9llfDW9Dm5NLoCfQPna6-AsE3gVrW-LjNkzO4mY-621Ij9UUuZg2X/s320/MeteorY20Jun25_CloseUp.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 6<sup>th</sup> 1020 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Not for the first time in 2023, there was plenty of cloud
around. Fortunately, some gape appeared and I was able to see some sunspots. I
saw four of them, suggesting that the Sun was becoming more active.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0qz4E3n24l7klESiz_5c7OYght5PFzxZpFOXCRXI_5uI8x9FV9L8EwrC9L2_eS4GOIkiutt8hQ-orzDbNIZBlIbCkR6DRzO9Rhv5y7RaLAbbcta0fCW7Uh5a_-HpmSFkRTJKrmZhJcC2SwXnRAYD2yVrAWjlCWsaFjTrzpY8gnQykeU9GOoPe0_b/s897/SolarDrawingAugust6th_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="739" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgV0qz4E3n24l7klESiz_5c7OYght5PFzxZpFOXCRXI_5uI8x9FV9L8EwrC9L2_eS4GOIkiutt8hQ-orzDbNIZBlIbCkR6DRzO9Rhv5y7RaLAbbcta0fCW7Uh5a_-HpmSFkRTJKrmZhJcC2SwXnRAYD2yVrAWjlCWsaFjTrzpY8gnQykeU9GOoPe0_b/s320/SolarDrawingAugust6th_2023.JPG" width="264" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 6th 0020 GMT Visual Session</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">After a day of heavy rain, it cleared somewhat but there
were still some thin clouds around. I had a look round with my 15x70
binoculars. The Moon was low and a bright waning gibbous phase. The southern
craters showed well, with Tycho's rays rather diminished from how they appear
at a full moon. Copernicus and Kepler showed well, both with much smaller ray
systems. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">To the west was Saturn, with its rings nearly edge-on. To
the east, Jupiter shone brightly but I could not see any moons. It was not a
good time for deep sky objects but I could see the brighter stars of Melotte 20
and a wispy shape of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31). it was a rather pleasing
session, given the recent lack of activity.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 5th Meteor Reprocess</h3><div>I reprocessed a meteor shot from August 13th 2019 and cropped a close-up.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRVoOcp3b5Cqg6OTMSETNC8_o93lSK2ctk3LgY8q4FeyU32rpdP0jkxiQXlo5Rtit4WjRhAJak7APFOSbotOaoG3jLmnclw6j7akZ381U3XYgVPpsPcv8YiE3n2zZeVkrfLAFSiNuvS7ufDQC_XMX9gL8hcSiMMQdeuTW4goC1uqxMCvSqiayZhou/s322/PerseidMeteorY19AugD13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="270" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnRVoOcp3b5Cqg6OTMSETNC8_o93lSK2ctk3LgY8q4FeyU32rpdP0jkxiQXlo5Rtit4WjRhAJak7APFOSbotOaoG3jLmnclw6j7akZ381U3XYgVPpsPcv8YiE3n2zZeVkrfLAFSiNuvS7ufDQC_XMX9gL8hcSiMMQdeuTW4goC1uqxMCvSqiayZhou/s320/PerseidMeteorY19AugD13.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><div>... and another from September 2019.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-oeTEaez_ZNerjcdEIuj7izP8nXi5cRf1q52vckuboTEHmCXVsIP5GPk8UC_mQ3UTDoikC51pc0o6ux9zZwpUZTFFep0MT02YDqciJ63SHv51p-j1akwgXgN1VnZSPik9BRWMKDlsPcNuzK4-SxoZhIjiRexsgVNs9fg8XLVty8Me5hk86sPEVph/s414/MeteorY19SepD26_CloseUp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="327" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2-oeTEaez_ZNerjcdEIuj7izP8nXi5cRf1q52vckuboTEHmCXVsIP5GPk8UC_mQ3UTDoikC51pc0o6ux9zZwpUZTFFep0MT02YDqciJ63SHv51p-j1akwgXgN1VnZSPik9BRWMKDlsPcNuzK4-SxoZhIjiRexsgVNs9fg8XLVty8Me5hk86sPEVph/s320/MeteorY19SepD26_CloseUp.jpg" width="253" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 4<sup>th</sup> 0650 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Despite the presence of sunspots of the Learmonth images, I
could not see any through my binoculars and filters.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 1<sup>st</sup> 0610 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In total contrast to recent days, I woke up to bright
sunshine. My binoculars and filters showed two sunspots.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEXfqxShBqOx_RzdZkp6eFWpPdQIPGIKQyBuA3ULKYSbOlQRDP-UEVQuWbdPR3-DUkOAbj5-SbD7ugci7Wjc8QBgGZNv2O14bJRJug2J58qaHUrRkxTon8ZpWYa63kjdyMP2qwCmKbDtFdvBF_C6ROlOy4bBozxhcB_PUAxCunvHmUrkLxgKI3yL9L/s901/SolarDrawingAugust1st_2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="738" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEXfqxShBqOx_RzdZkp6eFWpPdQIPGIKQyBuA3ULKYSbOlQRDP-UEVQuWbdPR3-DUkOAbj5-SbD7ugci7Wjc8QBgGZNv2O14bJRJug2J58qaHUrRkxTon8ZpWYa63kjdyMP2qwCmKbDtFdvBF_C6ROlOy4bBozxhcB_PUAxCunvHmUrkLxgKI3yL9L/s320/SolarDrawingAugust1st_2023.JPG" width="262" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-54565502028779432352023-07-01T13:26:00.024-07:002023-07-30T10:48:38.495-07:00July 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">July 30th Meteor Reprocess</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">A planned moon shoot the evening before did not happen and it rained all day. I processed a meteor shot from May 5th 2018. I produced a full frame shot and a close-up.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBoDrFyW62r71xaagkPg321zAastQ4OJ8-EXoC5yCAyhHpe1k_R2FpadhKKowQ1qA9gf8FMjmnUQmnejz2ODLAUYRdP4b7pUMsrbB8rPIsqO5NlvBrPkaU9cvkUM1NgE5zaavkh1htssJdDysYsdUiffYaYJgg-9103iAx2ev_OH6svzmi1NMaN6iB/s6016/MeteorY18MayD05_Final.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBoDrFyW62r71xaagkPg321zAastQ4OJ8-EXoC5yCAyhHpe1k_R2FpadhKKowQ1qA9gf8FMjmnUQmnejz2ODLAUYRdP4b7pUMsrbB8rPIsqO5NlvBrPkaU9cvkUM1NgE5zaavkh1htssJdDysYsdUiffYaYJgg-9103iAx2ev_OH6svzmi1NMaN6iB/s320/MeteorY18MayD05_Final.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnPgNZ_z2E2oFwC0kwQ5nLi77w4einxb4qBE4AtG3RVEEMCyS-hL8BTAa8kaKPG_lXtYLC5-1HU6PosGnXvckzqbSEdqrn9uWkDGy8d4aXnke0qgs36l0ZIqWohoI8Px4luTNYb01S9RTN3BdCg_WO4Fk8926nGFAbvc54MDOtWBi0VDJaDtwWLZc/s1374/MeteorY18MayD05_CloseUp.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="1374" height="99" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDnPgNZ_z2E2oFwC0kwQ5nLi77w4einxb4qBE4AtG3RVEEMCyS-hL8BTAa8kaKPG_lXtYLC5-1HU6PosGnXvckzqbSEdqrn9uWkDGy8d4aXnke0qgs36l0ZIqWohoI8Px4luTNYb01S9RTN3BdCg_WO4Fk8926nGFAbvc54MDOtWBi0VDJaDtwWLZc/s320/MeteorY18MayD05_CloseUp.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p><p class="MsoNormal">July 29th 1200 GMT Sun</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There were some breaks in the cloud, so I had a look at the Sun with my binoculars and filters. The Sun was a lot quieter, showing just two sunspots, both small.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezC8OUS8m1niCZnOPiEp9qvfl3RKy5XLbFQ3q-ltFhOkXFTrTOhkLPYuNkRQkRMaRF1s7OplAKUdIApEAX1a6u43Xya0JNcedFCr7JV0mabr19RCa_Pu7sIyww8Y2egikqvMWFPoFX1eHDs03HYttqvtKax6vRRhGqZSTvU1SGQj96Ms6wjQPcSw_/s903/SolarDrawingJuly29th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="707" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgezC8OUS8m1niCZnOPiEp9qvfl3RKy5XLbFQ3q-ltFhOkXFTrTOhkLPYuNkRQkRMaRF1s7OplAKUdIApEAX1a6u43Xya0JNcedFCr7JV0mabr19RCa_Pu7sIyww8Y2egikqvMWFPoFX1eHDs03HYttqvtKax6vRRhGqZSTvU1SGQj96Ms6wjQPcSw_/s320/SolarDrawingJuly29th_2023.jpg" width="251" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">July 27th Perseid Meteor Reprocess</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I reprocessed a shot of a Perseid meteor from August 2017 and produced a full frame and a close-up.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZ3beR4K5acojvK47Kc6c6znVbhJkFTTo5mHXBPV53MQEAMIUK-dxW0fyna-9vhJSy88fOsHmCrNz8kYIQFChEOPo9CYxp4KBzIefhCyilj4UNVjZNqP70sDFg88TG7K-InH-U_72buIAfCM1QomCOyZ5V8Xs4AxxWi73w8Y70qbIMBnbVP8nIOES/s4424/PerseidMeteorY17AugD12Final.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3056" data-original-width="4424" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIZ3beR4K5acojvK47Kc6c6znVbhJkFTTo5mHXBPV53MQEAMIUK-dxW0fyna-9vhJSy88fOsHmCrNz8kYIQFChEOPo9CYxp4KBzIefhCyilj4UNVjZNqP70sDFg88TG7K-InH-U_72buIAfCM1QomCOyZ5V8Xs4AxxWi73w8Y70qbIMBnbVP8nIOES/s320/PerseidMeteorY17AugD12Final.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cOoCgTNlEKgA8BaLP7wVNQmqqoIz2XZqogn1pclOH8I3eQq_of9EW2yFXqhh73EWfUzZOFqkzp0av_awOf5aZvklUvuplUcMyDPQ2_NBFvJny04PYTOko6FR5gXE7eAeVPUEQsfA9qtfH53uxuuBPZkQ2ZSx3dZF2MrNLCsSOpJZ4mvo_wiOrBGC/s1068/PerseidMeteorY17AugD12CloseUp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="708" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0cOoCgTNlEKgA8BaLP7wVNQmqqoIz2XZqogn1pclOH8I3eQq_of9EW2yFXqhh73EWfUzZOFqkzp0av_awOf5aZvklUvuplUcMyDPQ2_NBFvJny04PYTOko6FR5gXE7eAeVPUEQsfA9qtfH53uxuuBPZkQ2ZSx3dZF2MrNLCsSOpJZ4mvo_wiOrBGC/s320/PerseidMeteorY17AugD12CloseUp.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">July 27<sup>th</sup> 1215 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There was some thin cloud around but the Sun showed two
large sunspots to my binoculars and filters. It doesn’t sound much but felt
great after a few days of persistent rain.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-yqtpeGfsIhxZMGxB0SHuRN8WNgGF2xjdz71qhDDwhAAzQgfA_ma3hI3VRP84DP6XAEIZgENwWGXQZFFfI9N-T4dC2rXEAa_TE8XNvDxwsfaxIWJnzTduyKq73VWf9JkZ8ADPG35weHseAqSZEPbHFVsSSJDLhjSuIPvVtatizxm1-xPoLq0hfgJ/s897/SolarDrawingJuly27th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="729" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb-yqtpeGfsIhxZMGxB0SHuRN8WNgGF2xjdz71qhDDwhAAzQgfA_ma3hI3VRP84DP6XAEIZgENwWGXQZFFfI9N-T4dC2rXEAa_TE8XNvDxwsfaxIWJnzTduyKq73VWf9JkZ8ADPG35weHseAqSZEPbHFVsSSJDLhjSuIPvVtatizxm1-xPoLq0hfgJ/s320/SolarDrawingJuly27th_2023.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">July 22nd Venus with Pollux and Mars reprocess <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I revisited a shot of Venus with Pollux and Mars from May 10th,
taken with my phone camera and cleaned it up using GraXpert and GIMP.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-W6399aHSs6Mlp5wredbIVwuCYocZD6URqZEf4w-FctMZTdTg3_0qGA-akMLkjS5wU343Mu6XnQZQtPhFlmrfciPGRKgVO00V-xf5klsoDq6OfKJP4S8J1se7plg_84WCHzZDHvmVO41Q99wccMPrrq70ae-_RuRVt398Z1Wr8TSUMWKZJ7lBiPj_/s3817/VenusWithPolluxAndMars10thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2376" data-original-width="3817" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-W6399aHSs6Mlp5wredbIVwuCYocZD6URqZEf4w-FctMZTdTg3_0qGA-akMLkjS5wU343Mu6XnQZQtPhFlmrfciPGRKgVO00V-xf5klsoDq6OfKJP4S8J1se7plg_84WCHzZDHvmVO41Q99wccMPrrq70ae-_RuRVt398Z1Wr8TSUMWKZJ7lBiPj_/s320/VenusWithPolluxAndMars10thMay2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">July 21st 2120 GMT meteor hunt<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Despite a clear visual view of the Moon there was a lot of
haze around. I set my DSLR at 16mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 6 seconds
exposure. I aimed eastwards in the area of Perseus and hoped and hoped!</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">At 2157 GMT I caught something that I could not explain. Probably not little green men but I would like to know what it was.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5rUHjKg6MdRmLze_0JTKD6IN0JD6FdiBR6Qd-j5hJpof2vPrlIyN1gnS3beGErvc7oz4RHyo5zEe6MAv5U7xfcavyfYZjRoQBCJf9GUtctAbL4f0R16RIH_1FJ3m9NWG7LF4EZq3NCKBY2fflGbdHUE54V9Vc8GIosO0XdSFgD0KbAg1LPGwosz6P/s374/UFOJuly21st_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="352" data-original-width="374" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5rUHjKg6MdRmLze_0JTKD6IN0JD6FdiBR6Qd-j5hJpof2vPrlIyN1gnS3beGErvc7oz4RHyo5zEe6MAv5U7xfcavyfYZjRoQBCJf9GUtctAbL4f0R16RIH_1FJ3m9NWG7LF4EZq3NCKBY2fflGbdHUE54V9Vc8GIosO0XdSFgD0KbAg1LPGwosz6P/s320/UFOJuly21st_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">At 2209 GMT another appeared.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_W6eBQ55I5cgZ6w9-2PZXqXom0I70Z8IAOrjLsn0Je1zsxeMOegmrcz55meE_XAJJWXKWDSZzJMt3ltZwFyGFVysELucShHX5rSeO0AKztHUzZd4eV02KCZxlaeZznhdj712L6McbFdoaGU8mG6YOY4XCq5_YDbI_m-sG0ORLz3U9hameF_eJOgP/s297/UFOJuly21st_2023_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="297" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_W6eBQ55I5cgZ6w9-2PZXqXom0I70Z8IAOrjLsn0Je1zsxeMOegmrcz55meE_XAJJWXKWDSZzJMt3ltZwFyGFVysELucShHX5rSeO0AKztHUzZd4eV02KCZxlaeZznhdj712L6McbFdoaGU8mG6YOY4XCq5_YDbI_m-sG0ORLz3U9hameF_eJOgP/s1600/UFOJuly21st_2023_02.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">July 21st 2940 GMT Moon <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The Moon was low in the west on a hazy sky. I had to walk a
few metres south of our front door to see it. It was about four days past new
and I took my binoculars out. Mare Crisium was clear of the lunar terminator.
Several craters were not just visible but prominent. One was towards the lower
right, straddling the boundary between light and dark. I was unable to find its
name from the map, though.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">July 20<sup>th</sup> 1145 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I bin scanned the Sun and counted no less than 11 sunspots!
This was quite remarkable and showed that, whilst my Mak/DSLR combination was
the best for recording sunspots that computer-based drawings could show a lot,
too.</span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1GnTwLmtIEiSmQN3mFqXS6JnmoPBGWMsDIyguH6mRzdviWD5w3LgNl2U4IbaoU-h4O28Jtq6vRMeU0eJhHJLEi1lCVGiVSlvsRXPWMQ0vQePcBJz35tudB1KHO364cmvwHjyBpaRq0IbvSYvPW58atjohL-wH9lglXEaReELH_mLCgwIgE_R5mtE/s888/SolarDrawingJuly20th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="752" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjB1GnTwLmtIEiSmQN3mFqXS6JnmoPBGWMsDIyguH6mRzdviWD5w3LgNl2U4IbaoU-h4O28Jtq6vRMeU0eJhHJLEi1lCVGiVSlvsRXPWMQ0vQePcBJz35tudB1KHO364cmvwHjyBpaRq0IbvSYvPW58atjohL-wH9lglXEaReELH_mLCgwIgE_R5mtE/s320/SolarDrawingJuly20th_2023.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">July 19<sup>th</sup> 1200 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There was enough clear sky to see the Sun through my
binoculars and filters. Naturally, it would have been better to have my Mak and
DSLR at work but I don’t take them. A binocular scan was the next best thing
available to me.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qOSbFVER7l5LpxEr81QDsyaj9o-BbXBse0Kr0NhG0AnyEZG1I7U7tHYN7_X0vXJ9EKgSr7Ct7WNwrmmA9YRaf7AeMpdnDRE_VTInkxpxR_PZMtaNzxv58_pv6QxXu85gfKL2d6_mkrre6if0Hd6rbd7S_xTOibq0QiMfksqWOBW4PsqkfYEtvy0B/s896/SolarDrawingJuly19th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="743" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2qOSbFVER7l5LpxEr81QDsyaj9o-BbXBse0Kr0NhG0AnyEZG1I7U7tHYN7_X0vXJ9EKgSr7Ct7WNwrmmA9YRaf7AeMpdnDRE_VTInkxpxR_PZMtaNzxv58_pv6QxXu85gfKL2d6_mkrre6if0Hd6rbd7S_xTOibq0QiMfksqWOBW4PsqkfYEtvy0B/s320/SolarDrawingJuly19th_2023.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">July 19th Moon and Venus Reprocessed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I reprocessed a shot of the Moon and Venus from April 25th to clear up the background using GraXpert and GIMP.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcy1ZDolwxRIgAaLtNhy8VPWdJZmPIKDMtRG2DVRcLVsnldD8ycgaFxsaI7AnMvDRptKpM3PB5MvTX8LyMteq_dQsM4w-g4rkNOIQ2P-zu7papCiubd21xrpm9KdsgLJ1qALmKze1Ucu_ETdfgVfb_uYZ4BBnqrhS7rm_n8vKBEC4t4_rnoOuSRLB/s2206/MoonWithVenusApril25th2023_Final.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1441" data-original-width="2206" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcy1ZDolwxRIgAaLtNhy8VPWdJZmPIKDMtRG2DVRcLVsnldD8ycgaFxsaI7AnMvDRptKpM3PB5MvTX8LyMteq_dQsM4w-g4rkNOIQ2P-zu7papCiubd21xrpm9KdsgLJ1qALmKze1Ucu_ETdfgVfb_uYZ4BBnqrhS7rm_n8vKBEC4t4_rnoOuSRLB/s320/MoonWithVenusApril25th2023_Final.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.72px;">July 17th 1150 GMT Sun</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.72px;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18.72px; font-weight: normal;">There was another rare chance to take a look at the Sun through my binoculars and the sunspot count increased to 7. The original weather forecast had been bad but I decided to bring my binoculars and filters into work. I was not disappointed, at least not for the time being!</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNo2VAyN-rrSBRcVQna8LEGDcxy83KHs7TZ1TaM5vibr42x_s05lXIQ5JQhnxMpMncLDh976S_1tXyd9lTDBVC5XTexA6Y0pGneKBAE9atTpAS45HFGzAOgXyyGHpCbkDDu2AhyD7gBrharsavFeN57MxiYtbPpQBFrL2TpmYfST3WuMMrz2SdPDFp/s894/SolarDrawingJuly17th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="754" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNo2VAyN-rrSBRcVQna8LEGDcxy83KHs7TZ1TaM5vibr42x_s05lXIQ5JQhnxMpMncLDh976S_1tXyd9lTDBVC5XTexA6Y0pGneKBAE9atTpAS45HFGzAOgXyyGHpCbkDDu2AhyD7gBrharsavFeN57MxiYtbPpQBFrL2TpmYfST3WuMMrz2SdPDFp/s320/SolarDrawingJuly17th_2023.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal">July 16th Venus and Jupiter Revisited</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">With cloud and rain making observations impossible, I revisited another photograph of Venus and Jupiter together on March 7th. I found that using GraXpert to clean up photos taken with a phone camera, I was able to get some half-decent results.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWuSlijtckOyRmiLhn6rrAL-K6CEOc_Ho-d4luRaFiF2aCUOMzwVwl6IFlE5VKD_e58Oy1z7rFtQY65TthQR-IVPNWq2WzwGxcMC64lVVI5FRJXa4bxE-Oo8adfDO5Qdfj1jH7n5LvVx4cB5AjnuC_e44tE2b3fZbALF13IOtlYpS7cBXzpb5APL2b/s6016/Venus_And_Jupiter_March7th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWuSlijtckOyRmiLhn6rrAL-K6CEOc_Ho-d4luRaFiF2aCUOMzwVwl6IFlE5VKD_e58Oy1z7rFtQY65TthQR-IVPNWq2WzwGxcMC64lVVI5FRJXa4bxE-Oo8adfDO5Qdfj1jH7n5LvVx4cB5AjnuC_e44tE2b3fZbALF13IOtlYpS7cBXzpb5APL2b/s320/Venus_And_Jupiter_March7th_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal">July 15<sup>th</sup> 1055 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">With a bad back and moving cloud, interspersed with rain, I
was lucky to see anything at all.</span></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Fortunately, having large (15x70) binoculars and solar
filters was more than a great help, revealing no less than 6 sunspots.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZDj8hvRXvFwP0mdOLRJFr3rLGvcC6i8X9kCWuBwcgNIlk68VsjCglDCYjEjv3vDW8kw5thiVmvAxhhKG3_QhkQHxVTR4BsZ4xEhW1bz1wPTi-iKyJbCJMrq2qWtdq8O7REDvptbCa2KYpUOpD5JNJntEgClSnmVn0PtvqTDH8T9PzLui6DhRMSnG/s892/SolarDrawingJuly15th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="730" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZDj8hvRXvFwP0mdOLRJFr3rLGvcC6i8X9kCWuBwcgNIlk68VsjCglDCYjEjv3vDW8kw5thiVmvAxhhKG3_QhkQHxVTR4BsZ4xEhW1bz1wPTi-iKyJbCJMrq2qWtdq8O7REDvptbCa2KYpUOpD5JNJntEgClSnmVn0PtvqTDH8T9PzLui6DhRMSnG/s320/SolarDrawingJuly15th_2023.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">July 14th Venus with Jupiter Revisited</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I revisited a photo of Venus and Jupiter on February 14th 2023 that I originally took using a phone camera. I was about to use it for a book when I noticed that there was a gradient. Having experimented with GraXpert for constellation photos, I had a go with this one and ended up with quite a clear photo.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJeKynZg3jnu6x_SOnXvCFpSxsRvnwEsJ9uFwkVfLsn1UB9-Q0G1etwPqi6TffhjVw5W_jaoQVwQMs9dl_gC4QsWt6HOpj0E3hsDYd05gdU7mI34UHhab2pexxr6_gE7TUairVnZZM90vyD9vD6S2S3fDsGxZyZr8-Iny3Caw2rTsaZKsJgpJB8Vy/s4080/Venus_And_Jupiter_February14th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="2296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJeKynZg3jnu6x_SOnXvCFpSxsRvnwEsJ9uFwkVfLsn1UB9-Q0G1etwPqi6TffhjVw5W_jaoQVwQMs9dl_gC4QsWt6HOpj0E3hsDYd05gdU7mI34UHhab2pexxr6_gE7TUairVnZZM90vyD9vD6S2S3fDsGxZyZr8-Iny3Caw2rTsaZKsJgpJB8Vy/s320/Venus_And_Jupiter_February14th_2023.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /> </span> </span></div><p class="MsoNormal">July 13<sup>th</sup> 1140 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>
</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">There was a brief period of sunshine, during which I could
see s sunspot pattern. It was nice to see some activity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmxAkNJtPQj2aqtNKV91kQ9nacieYnyA_9pQj0hmMYCGnawv5-ijb-7rvg-hybaD2XkNtG59GD60_5H1eF-RiWKcqI2jKJ19_86Hap0xaEhHfqPHCQmUWMhph0wMag6iEN16Bd_xsUB8VQcL0q1JNxi0cw9WyKm0PA4N6pkMMXDoR26v4DlimGZQs/s895/SolarDrawingJuly13th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="895" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUmxAkNJtPQj2aqtNKV91kQ9nacieYnyA_9pQj0hmMYCGnawv5-ijb-7rvg-hybaD2XkNtG59GD60_5H1eF-RiWKcqI2jKJ19_86Hap0xaEhHfqPHCQmUWMhph0wMag6iEN16Bd_xsUB8VQcL0q1JNxi0cw9WyKm0PA4N6pkMMXDoR26v4DlimGZQs/s320/SolarDrawingJuly13th_2023.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 18.72px;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.72px;">July 11th Aquila Revisited</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I reprocessed a more recent shot from July 3rd 2022 that covered Aquila and its surroundings. I had a gradient problem but this time I stacked 10 images using Sequator and processed the result in GIMP, There were still some rough areas around the edges but the final result showed the Milky Way, Delphinus, Sagitta and the Coathanger asterism.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1vj4giVbNYFeBmI1giluv5Am2BFNJiBdi2Mexonx2RC23DtXKfwgJiemX82aWPQFz_OK6HvUgPR95n_hFZibJBqe1FTGvJam16g7k2cLUk-Pu6ieFFXEA8QbpMQsUCzrql6A6WOvPS0aL-NYNXu4foK9-JI4ra48_vggi0P3kyaPHmrPAN-IZeNZ/s4955/AquilsMilkyWayJuly3rd2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3300" data-original-width="4955" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin1vj4giVbNYFeBmI1giluv5Am2BFNJiBdi2Mexonx2RC23DtXKfwgJiemX82aWPQFz_OK6HvUgPR95n_hFZibJBqe1FTGvJam16g7k2cLUk-Pu6ieFFXEA8QbpMQsUCzrql6A6WOvPS0aL-NYNXu4foK9-JI4ra48_vggi0P3kyaPHmrPAN-IZeNZ/s320/AquilsMilkyWayJuly3rd2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 18.72px;">July 10th Cassiopeia Revisited</span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18.72px; font-weight: normal;">I reprocessed a shot of Cassiopeia from July 1st 2018 to remove the gradient using GraXpert. Naturally, I did further processing using GIMP.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 18.72px; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_C-HpWFKyz7ljPJ8-whA6MLTkl-1Rrwu5LM8sE8Rj5ahYUGRZR_zyJMPNFku-JQqRAyei3wDQP1t-oHFc-KGpqtCjXE7JbZHEC5On5HVDL8hLQVNE1zU9priUkhTyMyM38fa24OU7xgyUcEZjkrDm5nsYjKJt6wpQU11NxoPasEEDWUt4Rl4BcXti/s6040/CassiopeiaY18JulD01_0.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3968" data-original-width="6040" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_C-HpWFKyz7ljPJ8-whA6MLTkl-1Rrwu5LM8sE8Rj5ahYUGRZR_zyJMPNFku-JQqRAyei3wDQP1t-oHFc-KGpqtCjXE7JbZHEC5On5HVDL8hLQVNE1zU9priUkhTyMyM38fa24OU7xgyUcEZjkrDm5nsYjKJt6wpQU11NxoPasEEDWUt4Rl4BcXti/s320/CassiopeiaY18JulD01_0.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 18.72px; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal">July 9th 1640 GMT Sun</p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It would have been great to have photographed the Sun with
my Mak and DSLR but my back was too bad to risk carrying them. A view through
my binoculars and filters showed two sunspots that I had not seen through the
cloud earlier in the day. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtymiU87s2wHFwfwbfMACyzPTf_onlZ5YD5RDAhpUQzqqtz13Y2bLWVZ_EiZyMnPLWH2VWHkjgMcSGKrFUOzT9rIGjO5FH3UC01Y0oZyAoP_UBb6dWHax01sbcVWIEZEWobN_rkcqr-05HWUDfoRBIoCkDWeEG29DIg-tFZMlWhvQvj4K5uC3iTaz/s903/SolarDrawingJuly9th_2023_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="745" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFtymiU87s2wHFwfwbfMACyzPTf_onlZ5YD5RDAhpUQzqqtz13Y2bLWVZ_EiZyMnPLWH2VWHkjgMcSGKrFUOzT9rIGjO5FH3UC01Y0oZyAoP_UBb6dWHax01sbcVWIEZEWobN_rkcqr-05HWUDfoRBIoCkDWeEG29DIg-tFZMlWhvQvj4K5uC3iTaz/s320/SolarDrawingJuly9th_2023_02.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">July 9<sup>th</sup> 0800 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Enough sunlight had made it through the clouds to cast
shadows. I checked it out with my binoculars and filters to reveal a single
large sunspot. </span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zrwPaAeioSC10W60nnTpsEtN69QdrrJxOp7aMPI4p67lI-L0WlYgKH_iE0egem9wwdKmHSTjqUSg8SSO3xQ2piZ7gcVzBe6jmyY4BKzLTOl8rd8sh6q7iQpFyTCAYzGI_6l4rqtZKlLG9HRS1hWGud_1GkyhBhyqqS7FgIJEIIpBvPCf2kiZCswj/s899/SolarDrawingJuly9th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="762" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7zrwPaAeioSC10W60nnTpsEtN69QdrrJxOp7aMPI4p67lI-L0WlYgKH_iE0egem9wwdKmHSTjqUSg8SSO3xQ2piZ7gcVzBe6jmyY4BKzLTOl8rd8sh6q7iQpFyTCAYzGI_6l4rqtZKlLG9HRS1hWGud_1GkyhBhyqqS7FgIJEIIpBvPCf2kiZCswj/s320/SolarDrawingJuly9th_2023.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">July 7th 2110 GMT Venus<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Venus was very low in the western sky and I had to walk
about a hundred yards from our house to see it. I had a bad back, so snapped it
with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/200 second exposure.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5g4P5cYh8qrO7plD2CibzLNmTlEVx7_045gUkaAi364JBUoZfL2vf9UR4aklaGp9Dw9buwhIVdmFTZaHRyO_LyumaEF3mqvoqpgXALMvZ8JebWYd1N2K_6RS0KvG74XzI1TRDtTP5ArR-jMaLub7E7F9V98vY5fLYOpOAfqOnU0y0w84gt5lyLf2s/s166/VenusJuly7th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="166" data-original-width="164" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5g4P5cYh8qrO7plD2CibzLNmTlEVx7_045gUkaAi364JBUoZfL2vf9UR4aklaGp9Dw9buwhIVdmFTZaHRyO_LyumaEF3mqvoqpgXALMvZ8JebWYd1N2K_6RS0KvG74XzI1TRDtTP5ArR-jMaLub7E7F9V98vY5fLYOpOAfqOnU0y0w84gt5lyLf2s/s1600/VenusJuly7th_2023.jpg" width="164" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">July 7<sup>th</sup> 1300 GMT Sun</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The sky was partly cloudy but I managed to get a large
enough gap in the cloud to see the Sun through my binoculars and filters. I was
pleasantly surprised to see that new sunspot activity had rotated onto the Sun
and another sunspot had darkened enough to reach binocular visibility. This may
sound insufficient to excite less astronomically experienced readers of this
blog but seeing two new sunspots within 24 hours seems like a dream come true,
especially when astronomers remember the last solar minimum, where no sunspots
were visible for months on end!</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdFs_ht2Z0G1iJwV8Z4q-zzHQDg42KDIy4rcIk33vwkIXURJ6w_hh5J4YF4KAIaBTPpt3ywSAabc3RIMGvLpCjrZmGccJRh_VETxPtPBqnAZlVvyFEc0VdckZwiKEBbJoCcaJuwVqkRuoc1bn2JnkC18rxbBXSStlhJcHM9jEgF3LCblCSWE6CToe/s894/SolarDrawingJuly7th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="753" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVdFs_ht2Z0G1iJwV8Z4q-zzHQDg42KDIy4rcIk33vwkIXURJ6w_hh5J4YF4KAIaBTPpt3ywSAabc3RIMGvLpCjrZmGccJRh_VETxPtPBqnAZlVvyFEc0VdckZwiKEBbJoCcaJuwVqkRuoc1bn2JnkC18rxbBXSStlhJcHM9jEgF3LCblCSWE6CToe/s320/SolarDrawingJuly7th_2023.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 6<sup>th</sup> 1310 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I scanned our nearest and dearest star with my binoculars
and filters to reveal three sunspots. After 3 days without any observation nor
photos, it was quite welcome!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFE22C-q2w9dhiTordHyHeq2FXlG00lhA6FJsUF7f9D7ea85kGU-MRVJZcHha0Ycw48TlfY7Wb0YwImBSl7QHlLbIe0BZkCRKb7vhIGe4LAaN4NWgoeUvrW96m4mp7vNF6nzH7D_hv72-EIhCTfrApDgG8PHRo8PObl4nzUp8u4taHXx7INsyhzeYB/s899/SolarDrawingJuly6th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="745" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFE22C-q2w9dhiTordHyHeq2FXlG00lhA6FJsUF7f9D7ea85kGU-MRVJZcHha0Ycw48TlfY7Wb0YwImBSl7QHlLbIe0BZkCRKb7vhIGe4LAaN4NWgoeUvrW96m4mp7vNF6nzH7D_hv72-EIhCTfrApDgG8PHRo8PObl4nzUp8u4taHXx7INsyhzeYB/s320/SolarDrawingJuly6th_2023.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 4th Sun Revisited</h3><div>It was raining so hard that even the water was getting wet. There was only one place where a decent astronomer should be but then I never claimed to be decent. Instead of going down the pub, I reprocessed a solar image from August 27th 2022. Dare I admit to doing anything good? Well this is what happened when I ran a stack and processed the result.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMfgKmzf2jEtNrFgpd7cQ2MglnCI-s6mcasIc9-9SXdyVa7BDTJ4B-adbwap-fhKOJ-RHkM189edfn4nKCw0KmUcLVnDK2jtPfMfePIPXHvBlN4rcu--H_NMIvwUTUbfjL8hdY3mdDvFnsikIQgW-6jh6qXaHow7GbnmjKz2nhkAjkaLo6hN__hUa/s3751/SunJuly4th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3751" data-original-width="3745" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMfgKmzf2jEtNrFgpd7cQ2MglnCI-s6mcasIc9-9SXdyVa7BDTJ4B-adbwap-fhKOJ-RHkM189edfn4nKCw0KmUcLVnDK2jtPfMfePIPXHvBlN4rcu--H_NMIvwUTUbfjL8hdY3mdDvFnsikIQgW-6jh6qXaHow7GbnmjKz2nhkAjkaLo6hN__hUa/s320/SunJuly4th_2023.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 2nd 1610 GMT Sun</h3><div>After a cloudy day, the sky cleared but there was still quite a lot of moving cloud around. A binocular scan showed a single, large sunspot about to rotate off the disc.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtg87oaaxgG9T96DbXQCGkM8xfirbesnku-ZA3sVWx64xV9VFB6if5RqonNrX0kYB4ZGgQMCh-XEh0oeobaH7h56R1BJ1K7iNUiLzyeNdbOgbwgSo8hJgC_eExlCjwft2vrXrXWn9gDT4CQWVdHVUg9_igL51fQS5hlHhQkgXpjLdon69DjnHNwQi2/s906/SolarDrawingJuly2nd_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="729" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtg87oaaxgG9T96DbXQCGkM8xfirbesnku-ZA3sVWx64xV9VFB6if5RqonNrX0kYB4ZGgQMCh-XEh0oeobaH7h56R1BJ1K7iNUiLzyeNdbOgbwgSo8hJgC_eExlCjwft2vrXrXWn9gDT4CQWVdHVUg9_igL51fQS5hlHhQkgXpjLdon69DjnHNwQi2/s320/SolarDrawingJuly2nd_2023.jpg" width="257" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 2nd 2300 GMT Moon</h3><div>It was the start of the witching hour, that is, if witches observe the changes to daylight savings time. The Moon was almost full and very low in the sky, barely clearing the rooftops and I had to carry my Maksutov and DSLR about 10 yards to get a shot. I suspect that it was south of the ecliptic, making it a very tough object from anywhere north of Liverpool. Usual techniques revealed a moonscape dominated by Tycho's rays.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgld2o54krPN9bvap9DV5jzFBY4FiQdgA9h-oI9XqYgeaArzNrJd3qMjKOQSi3PekrAJQpTShaTXfSOACCWKx7Ufbt76Nvydia_P7sqnOxQcKM7TPBw6BVoU4k3fTEXl0GiE8453-cy6Bi6Z9W2NBibtR2VY8gMR6VoRX-IErsdccGty9S0aA5Dj_LF/s4461/MoonJuly2nd_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3658" data-original-width="4461" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgld2o54krPN9bvap9DV5jzFBY4FiQdgA9h-oI9XqYgeaArzNrJd3qMjKOQSi3PekrAJQpTShaTXfSOACCWKx7Ufbt76Nvydia_P7sqnOxQcKM7TPBw6BVoU4k3fTEXl0GiE8453-cy6Bi6Z9W2NBibtR2VY8gMR6VoRX-IErsdccGty9S0aA5Dj_LF/s320/MoonJuly2nd_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 1st 1305 GMT Sun</h3><div><br /></div><div>There was lots of moving cloud around, following a cloudy morning. I bin scanned the Sun with my binoculars and filters, to reveal two sunspots.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-VEucqx414TQ6kfneXEfn3IZwWhsG5sRFidLU_nNMbzS6jugkfbNAok5jqTDk13toNbRhAy7oKSRV6HUMYrN-pHd_Nl0nPBWjSSdyBREPClh9TQPy7nO8GrdT26-OqZScec8feNlxncqWkNKAt-6meIIGUbIsPh8TkZeZPEjvg-kjT2Qoo425NC-/s898/SolarDrawingJuly1st_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="708" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ-VEucqx414TQ6kfneXEfn3IZwWhsG5sRFidLU_nNMbzS6jugkfbNAok5jqTDk13toNbRhAy7oKSRV6HUMYrN-pHd_Nl0nPBWjSSdyBREPClh9TQPy7nO8GrdT26-OqZScec8feNlxncqWkNKAt-6meIIGUbIsPh8TkZeZPEjvg-kjT2Qoo425NC-/s320/SolarDrawingJuly1st_2023.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><br /><div>Soon after I finally got round to fixing, or trying to fix, my 9x50 finderscope. I had some help from my friendly neighbour, Frank Spencer.</div>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-2695271559301523662023-06-02T14:51:00.056-07:002023-06-30T14:45:50.605-07:00June 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h3><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">June 29th 2000 GMT Moon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">I tried using Pro mode on my phone camera and took some
lunar shots in hope. Maybe, just maybe, it was a shade better than my effort on 25th but still no craters.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNsW9oXl1sNg3lMu6TaIIO--TFRvyS1JnXHOb4_kzn_7akO_jRUTGkz3lWgQWGr_pLXglJLJi58Q1whpq6hZrFWNrKhyGl8eV54gSmHyigskoNd53IuTbKi4CXeI3wbR_zR_6kyv-g7B6240nx6z6kOX30oNRj_762NdOiqt-IQDlMf4yt9lVskHq/s380/MoonJune29th2023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="380" data-original-width="319" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpNsW9oXl1sNg3lMu6TaIIO--TFRvyS1JnXHOb4_kzn_7akO_jRUTGkz3lWgQWGr_pLXglJLJi58Q1whpq6hZrFWNrKhyGl8eV54gSmHyigskoNd53IuTbKi4CXeI3wbR_zR_6kyv-g7B6240nx6z6kOX30oNRj_762NdOiqt-IQDlMf4yt9lVskHq/s320/MoonJune29th2023.JPG" width="269" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">June 29<sup>th</sup> 0545 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had a totally unexpected clear sky! It had been 100% cloud
cover and the forecast for the day was far from good. Even better, the Sun did
not disappoint. There were what appeared to be two large sunspots but the
professional observatory images showed that they were large groups, each with a
prominent central spot. Although it was only four days previously, it had
seemed a long time since I had seen anything.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8K4WhlwkrzLxHBPIcq3pxZFp97jQAax3WW7ckzawrwFLJRSTxQM-m-FWNu8oThM-wVoaIesnWBl2KoHzT_76MFVX3wwKZC56NTxny1sEvRsuv2t2aHsOt0Bl8iez06TSBUOtSDpfEAID5E5Yh_PakmsI-GESnz8njDMI0I6WkxNRvASEjwVNSa_W/s892/SunspotDrawingJune29th2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="755" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN8K4WhlwkrzLxHBPIcq3pxZFp97jQAax3WW7ckzawrwFLJRSTxQM-m-FWNu8oThM-wVoaIesnWBl2KoHzT_76MFVX3wwKZC56NTxny1sEvRsuv2t2aHsOt0Bl8iez06TSBUOtSDpfEAID5E5Yh_PakmsI-GESnz8njDMI0I6WkxNRvASEjwVNSa_W/s320/SunspotDrawingJune29th2023.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">June 25th 1935 GMT Moon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I found that there was more I could do in Pro mode than I
thought. I also tried shooting a shorter video so I could transfer it to my
laptop. I like to try lots of things out. My wife says I am very trying.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The video didn't load into Registax. One of the photos showed some "seas" so must go down as a limited success, although it was worse than my first-ever astronomical photo taken on December 31st 2003, which showed craters.</span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6THo1FVTb_6kjyEc7bRwC26PGYWpwEgGTIVf3jAo8O30iYHCchPoj-CyVVM02KvBPAEXkrQ1AsUVqve6CyWfMsuxMoA-9Xwlx8uhTDxp2qHDUKrMwUW-R-zARaqEd7mRjNfPRvy58QHAGq7Ewp6LpwwGMQuiSGfcjzZb3fLrpzZiaM7434U_qSLnM/s396/MoonJune25th2023.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="269" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6THo1FVTb_6kjyEc7bRwC26PGYWpwEgGTIVf3jAo8O30iYHCchPoj-CyVVM02KvBPAEXkrQ1AsUVqve6CyWfMsuxMoA-9Xwlx8uhTDxp2qHDUKrMwUW-R-zARaqEd7mRjNfPRvy58QHAGq7Ewp6LpwwGMQuiSGfcjzZb3fLrpzZiaM7434U_qSLnM/s320/MoonJune25th2023.JPG" width="217" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">June 25th 0830 GMT Solar Session <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was not a good Session, just like the captain of a
football team might say when they are 5 nil down at half time!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">As Friday, I had trouble finding the Sun but this time
trouble extended to complete zilch. The intermittent cloud did not help. A
Binocular scan showed that I wasn't missing a lot, as all sunspot activity had
faded below Binocular resolution.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">A hydrogen alpha session similarly showed a bland, red disc.
I took some shots, more in hope than expectancy. I caught some features on camera, though.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWiqdZmIlqreebI7GVhMvlpZhSRYN-SvQn98_JbIawsGPHSPr6rGIBJ4RhHc60YrqoDkwVBgydOh7Vv4UeGZ7QyPjcndRcYGTM2PT5goJkCMQz2ke4Fu1R1JAnqxUThq_g7LOV8YEAEDqcVhRcazNkKyQ1X62UPtprhhnG0WhSp4no5_Smr-p-sOFB/s791/SunAlphaJune25th2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="791" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWiqdZmIlqreebI7GVhMvlpZhSRYN-SvQn98_JbIawsGPHSPr6rGIBJ4RhHc60YrqoDkwVBgydOh7Vv4UeGZ7QyPjcndRcYGTM2PT5goJkCMQz2ke4Fu1R1JAnqxUThq_g7LOV8YEAEDqcVhRcazNkKyQ1X62UPtprhhnG0WhSp4no5_Smr-p-sOFB/s320/SunAlphaJune25th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">June 25th 2345 GMT Visual Session<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">When astronomers think of summers past, they think of
observing in shorts and T-shirts while browsing the delights of the Milky Way
and it's surroundings. Chocolate lovers undoubtedly think of Galaxy. That is
where I started. The brightest galaxy visible in the northern hemisphere is the
Andromeda Grand Design Spiral Galaxy. It was far from its autumn best but its
fuzzy shape was like seeing an old friend after many years. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Being the only galaxy that was realistically visible to my
binoculars, I moved on to other objects. The open star cluster Melotte 111 was
surprisingly still visible in the west. Moving southwards, the Wild Duck
cluster was prominent but looked more like a globular star cluster. With nearby
M26 looking fainter, it looked like a smaller, fainter patch of light. The open
cluster Melotte 20 showed its main stars, despite almost hugging the horizon.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">On the subject of globular star clusters, through powerful
binoculars they look just like a Galaxy. M13 was a neck-breaking view as it was
high in the sky. I was able to see M3 and M15. They were lower in the sky but
much fainter.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">I did not try to capture the double stars in Draco, as they
were almost overhead. The Lyra double stars, Epsilon and Delta were even harder
than M13. Alberto in Cygnus, a great colour-contrast double star looked
magnificent, as usual. The final double star was the well known Mizar/Accor
pair.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">I had a browse around the Milky Way and I could see it
without binoculars.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">The highlight of the session came at 0011 GMT when a very
bright meteor appeared west of Lyra and Cygnus and it moved slowly before
breaking up near Cassiopeia. Being brighter than Venus, it met the official
definition of a fireball.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">June 25th 2335 GMT Constellation Shoot<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Venus and the Moon had long gone. It was just about as dark
as it gets, only 4 days into summer. I set my DSLR at 35mm focal length, ISO
1600 and 15 seconds exposure. I took multiple shots of Cassiopeia and Aquila. A
test shot of Sagitta suggested that I might get away with not decreasing the
exposure time at 80mm focal length.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT83IHLorJpWlcqed-XAhsdYcdGk1laeCAvYDzdQll1-y4jVrCbfALdgiAy135GhuUKwDAQ-BriIuN6kal9o6t40Mz8NkuzFtuHb7M-zVS81IjJLAbK1_6PfriJ8IUrDVjvCevK7wISVSPOS5PHc3UZS3RNvI_bCJJE4_IsJXB7IEgKyAZrL79cKrQ/s6016/CassiopeiaJune24th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT83IHLorJpWlcqed-XAhsdYcdGk1laeCAvYDzdQll1-y4jVrCbfALdgiAy135GhuUKwDAQ-BriIuN6kal9o6t40Mz8NkuzFtuHb7M-zVS81IjJLAbK1_6PfriJ8IUrDVjvCevK7wISVSPOS5PHc3UZS3RNvI_bCJJE4_IsJXB7IEgKyAZrL79cKrQ/s320/CassiopeiaJune24th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-weight: normal;">At 0011 GMT, I caught a meteor (left) and satellite trail (right) in the same photo! The meteor was probably an Anthelion, which is not a true shower but several meteors are known to originate from a patch of sky opposite the Sun.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvk0d5Wg3VWSmI40Ht-rrDnDrFKIocOONLXSCPpuPTQ_b0iYPZOrPEAJuiowCVtWmzhMVGo5kHsUkHr04q4yOOLAYA0148DD1WHPDD9PANzqpNSdSfaXOwRJ9_vsj78cED8ferLXe34GqsCEAhPg0IZyK3YPtyY-pflqMR2r0ZCUJ_t2LhyVSyetX/s2057/MeteorAndSatelliteJune25th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1815" data-original-width="2057" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvk0d5Wg3VWSmI40Ht-rrDnDrFKIocOONLXSCPpuPTQ_b0iYPZOrPEAJuiowCVtWmzhMVGo5kHsUkHr04q4yOOLAYA0148DD1WHPDD9PANzqpNSdSfaXOwRJ9_vsj78cED8ferLXe34GqsCEAhPg0IZyK3YPtyY-pflqMR2r0ZCUJ_t2LhyVSyetX/s320/MeteorAndSatelliteJune25th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">At 0019 GMT I caught a meteor trail pass the Coathanger asterism.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4Ic3i32O8cMN2IOjmK10Bi0JprFZ681E_5bIqgPwyTiAdlVMYHHTUEZtjtqmvePj2PkKPhT9lVz_LlGlY_pJ0k9Ptx9NFJ9AwS7cCMiPBkn4n_qDVZ17ly0DOQq8mjDSXHiXQAWGGtuxQJuB0AgnHN_01vr369J9F5zuS-_-e3-qHV9FLpedSARX/s2288/MeteorJune25th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1799" data-original-width="2288" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg4Ic3i32O8cMN2IOjmK10Bi0JprFZ681E_5bIqgPwyTiAdlVMYHHTUEZtjtqmvePj2PkKPhT9lVz_LlGlY_pJ0k9Ptx9NFJ9AwS7cCMiPBkn4n_qDVZ17ly0DOQq8mjDSXHiXQAWGGtuxQJuB0AgnHN_01vr369J9F5zuS-_-e3-qHV9FLpedSARX/s320/MeteorJune25th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </span></div><br /><o:p style="font-weight: normal;">My Aquila shot also caught Delphinus.</o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkYF_K6hWCFv7BKst2IC6FyiOPhyqhMmvvKH5z8CAt8V8gXHlbwKQn5lqETAJpXOxjoQ8c3DwYIKZgMcWsDlBjKB9kjn_kXyaA98VL0vnFEKdRyXhRCcNU8KN94SOuT-pkFosg0SDWWxoC_uv1yi9aUyUUrvg_c7U3XF-GcPR8M_I8Qrx6xzRveCD/s6016/AquilaAndSDelphinusJune25th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOkYF_K6hWCFv7BKst2IC6FyiOPhyqhMmvvKH5z8CAt8V8gXHlbwKQn5lqETAJpXOxjoQ8c3DwYIKZgMcWsDlBjKB9kjn_kXyaA98VL0vnFEKdRyXhRCcNU8KN94SOuT-pkFosg0SDWWxoC_uv1yi9aUyUUrvg_c7U3XF-GcPR8M_I8Qrx6xzRveCD/s320/AquilaAndSDelphinusJune25th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">A second shot showed the Milky Way in the same area of sky.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSENccRSANTF2EoWHWAtfKHmhA2XjqQlxRRhgSli_uRKo-0qX6cBYnIOcixaOnwtk0NJvZuqwwNmS1zcx5jnoAb-OGAbA5WscaFaDL45BY__4JB25gNVibez_Uy1UTQly9zDKyifKeu5N4mmZB1uNMWnRCtgBiKTIG8Tmu2QRZopatIpj_zoubmJu2/s5539/AquilaAndSDelphinusJune25th2023_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3201" data-original-width="5539" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSENccRSANTF2EoWHWAtfKHmhA2XjqQlxRRhgSli_uRKo-0qX6cBYnIOcixaOnwtk0NJvZuqwwNmS1zcx5jnoAb-OGAbA5WscaFaDL45BY__4JB25gNVibez_Uy1UTQly9zDKyifKeu5N4mmZB1uNMWnRCtgBiKTIG8Tmu2QRZopatIpj_zoubmJu2/s320/AquilaAndSDelphinusJune25th2023_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </span></div><o:p style="font-weight: normal;">Not only did my Sagitta shot work but I caught the Coathanger in the top right. It is not a true star cluster, as the stars are all at different distances and not associated with each other.</o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFv5wxgSyMeG4DXg1B68-8WH30wH1GfN4KpGXuYOGkuOvMnsPTrMzgsyKVSnca7wJ1uB_qvxwN-db0LYt8RHLM6U6yFfEt15QAiUoBx7FH3AV1Ax9aoTTHKD5IDQMTmjwemcB2JJU8BTDDQeT2KcZjLcXoY9iIeSg1n4pHPs0nk1BqDehV1iJ05VL/s6016/SagittaJune25th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBFv5wxgSyMeG4DXg1B68-8WH30wH1GfN4KpGXuYOGkuOvMnsPTrMzgsyKVSnca7wJ1uB_qvxwN-db0LYt8RHLM6U6yFfEt15QAiUoBx7FH3AV1Ax9aoTTHKD5IDQMTmjwemcB2JJU8BTDDQeT2KcZjLcXoY9iIeSg1n4pHPs0nk1BqDehV1iJ05VL/s320/SagittaJune25th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I reverted to 35mm focal length and aimed at Bootes, hoping
to catch a few Bootid meteors. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><o:p style="font-weight: normal;">At 0113 GMT, I caught a meteor near Arcturus.</o:p></div><div><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></o:p></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXEb8PuY1gY_PsWZxuEy4fqH-UIaL_22WODfw-6Wg8qZIXCkx1lu-gbMQ7RN_xq5Ddm_kG58DOv80pQ99kr-vACEVGrlI2w72qaw4BDy6lSSHFO1ZPkax0WBV4vnn9libtClh1czWcB_gA8La57fQ7OaNCO5jg70gHc2deju71JhQjcU3azrvHe6l/s1811/MeteorJune25th2023_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1811" data-original-width="1749" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXEb8PuY1gY_PsWZxuEy4fqH-UIaL_22WODfw-6Wg8qZIXCkx1lu-gbMQ7RN_xq5Ddm_kG58DOv80pQ99kr-vACEVGrlI2w72qaw4BDy6lSSHFO1ZPkax0WBV4vnn9libtClh1czWcB_gA8La57fQ7OaNCO5jg70gHc2deju71JhQjcU3azrvHe6l/s320/MeteorJune25th2023_02.JPG" width="309" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;">I did not manage to photograph Bootes, as it did not fit in the frame but I caught Corona Borealis.</span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5va7zerBRzar0FF7yKTOcEWHCSm2n5NB2BMJgMve9uazDrVZIE-Wz7uTAhOMdSbaGObGOpQXmxXx4VwsGIWnw1t1vRCiZANcXg6VURBHJnnp4pl7c5nl5G8QrPRXqWMMqIxM3epoFUmHCWm3xTy6reWMOYS07r94chzlOi0rbXPCa9nvwa7iRYrrb/s2954/CoronaBorealisJune25th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1809" data-original-width="2954" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5va7zerBRzar0FF7yKTOcEWHCSm2n5NB2BMJgMve9uazDrVZIE-Wz7uTAhOMdSbaGObGOpQXmxXx4VwsGIWnw1t1vRCiZANcXg6VURBHJnnp4pl7c5nl5G8QrPRXqWMMqIxM3epoFUmHCWm3xTy6reWMOYS07r94chzlOi0rbXPCa9nvwa7iRYrrb/s320/CoronaBorealisJune25th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal">June 24th 2040 GMT Moon and Venus<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I took some full disc snaps of the Moon and Venus. My webcam
had no charge, so I did some experimental shots with my camera phone with the
intention of stacking. The Moon was a bit disappointing, although it showed some surface details.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNOKE8bHCbUmbrl-ahKcsABaU_CPj1bkkBVcI4oalncttHxAHefyzg2w6xhQMs7XMx06hgsYApofA2FE4Y9anmw8gJy_ZntOKkCQvd2ktonT3nkjvNwQUKqW-DR3_vqe3rTogDRhEYaqox-8jbQKb8rj5QFLbkI-dnwuyACNeKZPD4RMCBHZcKLnE/s3498/MoonJune234th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3498" data-original-width="2794" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJNOKE8bHCbUmbrl-ahKcsABaU_CPj1bkkBVcI4oalncttHxAHefyzg2w6xhQMs7XMx06hgsYApofA2FE4Y9anmw8gJy_ZntOKkCQvd2ktonT3nkjvNwQUKqW-DR3_vqe3rTogDRhEYaqox-8jbQKb8rj5QFLbkI-dnwuyACNeKZPD4RMCBHZcKLnE/s320/MoonJune234th2023.JPG" width="256" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">My disappointment with my Moon photo disappeared when I saw my Venus shots. These shots showed a more realistic view of the phase at about 30%, unlike the 45% that my camera phone suggested.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Rytzjk704ssT6zHlfHX57O47aNFrV8LGAu8hSYKlqzMEohS0MbRlgk9D8w0bv3SBTdYwlj29U1KolC8sPd3JlZzMRhmKhC_WLR8l4VfNGKNaHRJcZlaFUODq8RYFXOSb7V2cGKXsSOd8BpUEAqY8kmhjGWtGrEAXd1ipjcWSJ-gayxREl30wKV79/s429/VenusJune24th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="429" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Rytzjk704ssT6zHlfHX57O47aNFrV8LGAu8hSYKlqzMEohS0MbRlgk9D8w0bv3SBTdYwlj29U1KolC8sPd3JlZzMRhmKhC_WLR8l4VfNGKNaHRJcZlaFUODq8RYFXOSb7V2cGKXsSOd8BpUEAqY8kmhjGWtGrEAXd1ipjcWSJ-gayxREl30wKV79/s320/VenusJune24th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;">I was unable to get the videos of the Moon to work because the files sizes were too large. The best of the Moon and Venus shots together worked well, though.<br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKAdlbQS2zyGvGeEuYeGZHg_QVuJBv-Pz1fuTFaNrXwFVGhRYvQwkNvYtXDxC0Ul18IVv31fAa_AHXL49T_fADdCs7ofy_KZcgaZ4wScL-RjPTlMGwQGRfc-bB5oh6iEvbf6PDqOayXRWTcLw24Y9hH8nnuRLO3GQNhR3KG2UPUj06A4o6-el-U7M/s3056/MoonAndVenusJune24th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1648" data-original-width="3056" height="173" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPKAdlbQS2zyGvGeEuYeGZHg_QVuJBv-Pz1fuTFaNrXwFVGhRYvQwkNvYtXDxC0Ul18IVv31fAa_AHXL49T_fADdCs7ofy_KZcgaZ4wScL-RjPTlMGwQGRfc-bB5oh6iEvbf6PDqOayXRWTcLw24Y9hH8nnuRLO3GQNhR3KG2UPUj06A4o6-el-U7M/s320/MoonAndVenusJune24th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal">June 23rd 2110 GMT Moon and Venus <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><o:p> </o:p><span style="font-weight: normal;">I did a repeat of the shot the evening before. I was tired
and did not want to carry my telescope outside. The only difference was that
the separation between them was too great to capture with my longer focal
length lens, so I took the shots at 35mm focal length.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1xsT2WZPqlKpueMf8jRcMgq3kXsLyWzMF1y-zSdAqecfpxA3ZRCRqbWz8THeqp8qKOMwXBuI6-wqtnx1lc3V7yi9tuzLWl2UJqm4cXN5x6i2yvM7BJfaR9QI6UYU4GxuXCn3JyXOxkN1rNtMM1YnJoQIEZQk6YP4W11B9qDsKt9kn0cOT_qN13lvH/s6016/MoonAndVenusJune23rd2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1xsT2WZPqlKpueMf8jRcMgq3kXsLyWzMF1y-zSdAqecfpxA3ZRCRqbWz8THeqp8qKOMwXBuI6-wqtnx1lc3V7yi9tuzLWl2UJqm4cXN5x6i2yvM7BJfaR9QI6UYU4GxuXCn3JyXOxkN1rNtMM1YnJoQIEZQk6YP4W11B9qDsKt9kn0cOT_qN13lvH/s320/MoonAndVenusJune23rd2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ixI5daZiCtUgYNphgXUFZsgvRC5sBjDRdFZHT36AqtjhZtyt90GowHmwCtjcfVm7YYm4Ud-DUC0DktWFYICqFlKv6OKYxMzd19EMlGqxEEt2S0DUU74xoO19ucv_NaFTCIS-ISeffdTfyqpLLiuYYmPPzeWlxPixd5wuwnCtRKgOgUKMBdJOihFt/s699/MoonJune23rd2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="699" data-original-width="451" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ixI5daZiCtUgYNphgXUFZsgvRC5sBjDRdFZHT36AqtjhZtyt90GowHmwCtjcfVm7YYm4Ud-DUC0DktWFYICqFlKv6OKYxMzd19EMlGqxEEt2S0DUU74xoO19ucv_NaFTCIS-ISeffdTfyqpLLiuYYmPPzeWlxPixd5wuwnCtRKgOgUKMBdJOihFt/s320/MoonJune23rd2023.JPG" width="206" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJVFtE8vs9fh9tMOMYoM7JnQp3nJxXJLmIyFODlfihAPO8kcE2spy7TKWgaMokwdgAC19xQC9Fs49-ZKOwknLofUAM_Qae9hZmsDYgOCfUK78v6dk_07rK3mLtw0hxhfx3IdCj2Ii1WjTL4-z2_McXS6Td7nRgen62O2g5Qq_q6khk7Izx48c288A/s128/VenusJune23rd2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="106" data-original-width="128" height="106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiJVFtE8vs9fh9tMOMYoM7JnQp3nJxXJLmIyFODlfihAPO8kcE2spy7TKWgaMokwdgAC19xQC9Fs49-ZKOwknLofUAM_Qae9hZmsDYgOCfUK78v6dk_07rK3mLtw0hxhfx3IdCj2Ii1WjTL4-z2_McXS6Td7nRgen62O2g5Qq_q6khk7Izx48c288A/s1600/VenusJune23rd2023.JPG" width="128" /></a></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></p>I tried to overlay the photos of Venus and the Moon onto the original but it did not work as I hoped. Im preferred the original.</span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1wXHdZ4Kg5tYmh-wRcSwArypGpw6tIbyCB8u4HJTfGfL32BHfuZ-_7YlR-wCptWUaEiMrRhRnZjR8DO9uNbZSMxfHQOgr6ZKb9MuiXLnZ3sC5yija4M5pAHeSaEYBR2VEIAJyNoMRhasu5rn7pbyEcNf1zAuej-jXEV8Z1Bnkv4YQ29HniTXwIags/s6016/MoonAndVenusJune23rd2023_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1wXHdZ4Kg5tYmh-wRcSwArypGpw6tIbyCB8u4HJTfGfL32BHfuZ-_7YlR-wCptWUaEiMrRhRnZjR8DO9uNbZSMxfHQOgr6ZKb9MuiXLnZ3sC5yija4M5pAHeSaEYBR2VEIAJyNoMRhasu5rn7pbyEcNf1zAuej-jXEV8Z1Bnkv4YQ29HniTXwIags/s320/MoonAndVenusJune23rd2023_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">June 23<sup>rd</sup> 1110 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Do not underestimate the difficulty of finding an object and
focussing on it when it is about 60 degrees above the horizon. Add in a lower
quality finderscope and broken camera and it becomes much harder! I finally
managed to get a few solar images but was dubious about their quality. As it was, the final result was not needle-sharp but showed a lot of detail that I cannot capture in binoculars.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTUHciO3lXLg55f4hXodM2YF6BGGkH5fmTY7xS-TogCTcG4iMQStRRbMFqePpKF6JvEwWIw6RoKcy7mhZFUv3bD4muxpyHdwbE-XQMsfDvHexa6igX4c1lsZSlm9N2TXD-Alfo78avwQ77VTK7gaL5DADNi-xyTHeTYkufdwcLzY-0dMz5h6NJpQ84/s4373/SunJune23rd2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3883" data-original-width="4373" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTUHciO3lXLg55f4hXodM2YF6BGGkH5fmTY7xS-TogCTcG4iMQStRRbMFqePpKF6JvEwWIw6RoKcy7mhZFUv3bD4muxpyHdwbE-XQMsfDvHexa6igX4c1lsZSlm9N2TXD-Alfo78avwQ77VTK7gaL5DADNi-xyTHeTYkufdwcLzY-0dMz5h6NJpQ84/s320/SunJune23rd2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">June 22nd 2045 GMT Moon and Venus<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">There was a patch of clear sky. The Moon and Venus were still quite close in the sky. I caught them with my DSLR at100mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/200 second exposure. I zoomed in to 300mm focal length to try and catch each object on its own.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4AiVeoBErRkJaeJBNmAuYDRg3bFYJ4w6UjrYWOwkRRJeB5iM-pxvMQNqr-ib2rdpTDELsNO-ovf9lhhDDdRN1fddxrSWNn5KgoAZvH5a8P_qqQkoJ8IGgyws4ORF4r7_oGIuTqw8lHiRmHBA9-bqlIiitJ0aJ2DSFZfcjrsgRPd6Yzo7BNcXSGF7/s6016/MoonAndVenusJune22rd2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ4AiVeoBErRkJaeJBNmAuYDRg3bFYJ4w6UjrYWOwkRRJeB5iM-pxvMQNqr-ib2rdpTDELsNO-ovf9lhhDDdRN1fddxrSWNn5KgoAZvH5a8P_qqQkoJ8IGgyws4ORF4r7_oGIuTqw8lHiRmHBA9-bqlIiitJ0aJ2DSFZfcjrsgRPd6Yzo7BNcXSGF7/s320/MoonAndVenusJune22rd2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The phase of Venus showed as slightly less than 50% but the actual phase was probably somewhat smaller.</span></span></h3><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDbp9GZ2Qw4jgwRYxceI-KMevCNFmeO0BNyW1dOsL0y9kw1b5JH6LQed-hZgCclp__DiWzWKBOhxNhGYl4uZUOF4zSd9zRb1R9Llnu8SckYnQc88CxdjTBkqD1krCL4G3eMd1n1Ju1aNqm54e3Ee87QuNHPZkJsDyO0K3delDqw5MH1BV72hLGAD-/s429/VenusJune22nd2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="358" data-original-width="429" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDbp9GZ2Qw4jgwRYxceI-KMevCNFmeO0BNyW1dOsL0y9kw1b5JH6LQed-hZgCclp__DiWzWKBOhxNhGYl4uZUOF4zSd9zRb1R9Llnu8SckYnQc88CxdjTBkqD1krCL4G3eMd1n1Ju1aNqm54e3Ee87QuNHPZkJsDyO0K3delDqw5MH1BV72hLGAD-/s320/VenusJune22nd2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;">I did not nail the Moon shot.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Just after 2100 GMT I could not resist another shot of the
Moon and Venus. this time with my phone camera.</p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUDAXI6xxV__zLMCFxEOQq26pwaafWjJ4vYbvJ5uXiSGx6xUIma_nea-CPa9mMP_npFzHfMdLvTIEgdEoCynVb_GWhN2OlAMTKk2bJLOSeGTwIsq_0il7dB6bcIv-sNQMKcThNAm_8IGv0uhLxl3K59h4lTVK9N8RoBBI6YtBa3GahNxjMhUanBGM/s4080/MoonAndVenusJune22rd2023_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrUDAXI6xxV__zLMCFxEOQq26pwaafWjJ4vYbvJ5uXiSGx6xUIma_nea-CPa9mMP_npFzHfMdLvTIEgdEoCynVb_GWhN2OlAMTKk2bJLOSeGTwIsq_0il7dB6bcIv-sNQMKcThNAm_8IGv0uhLxl3K59h4lTVK9N8RoBBI6YtBa3GahNxjMhUanBGM/s320/MoonAndVenusJune22rd2023_02.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br />.<o:p></o:p><p></p></div><h3>June 22nd 1735 GMT Sun</h3><div style="text-align: left;">Despite seeing many sunspots on the Learmonth images, I only saw the large one from the day before.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEqYWARv-NEUTEznpS9KCMAU2OTLqnUzJFLmEa1Nnht5045wNqeErXBkQn79PxCyBf6zAJvuWU97xg4bcNt0F7-NvHVWrOeo73M8oOTva9SIZ1qp8LyUKXDSyeQdqGLMr0Mc8rb7uaF_NoVdiOgLjXI9iiGtlqE5eIJFyvU4-o6e4kPfDYCsi-xj-/s366/SunspotDrawingJune22nd2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="366" data-original-width="288" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrEqYWARv-NEUTEznpS9KCMAU2OTLqnUzJFLmEa1Nnht5045wNqeErXBkQn79PxCyBf6zAJvuWU97xg4bcNt0F7-NvHVWrOeo73M8oOTva9SIZ1qp8LyUKXDSyeQdqGLMr0Mc8rb7uaF_NoVdiOgLjXI9iiGtlqE5eIJFyvU4-o6e4kPfDYCsi-xj-/s320/SunspotDrawingJune22nd2023.jpg" width="252" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">June 21st 2105 GMT Moon and Venus </p></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Moon and Venus were much closer in the sky. I could not
detect the phase of Venus, although the lunar phase showed quite well for a
camera phone.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGIBi7Tm6eUfAQ-dqfWFRtEopxmLd4wZWx6JfTOyeBQfzwz9lD24vRB3V508H-8vnkK92qXKGN7lYsyojKCc5nZURtDFnMNFWD26wIYUFihjfjB4X_rMNwtmAjn67y20uOU3-s4ZHBrZQWH7vY3sesOZHdNvDwwuUatgl8iAjqaRT3ibzDvOD1jrD/s4080/MoonAndVenusJune21st2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3060" data-original-width="4080" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaGIBi7Tm6eUfAQ-dqfWFRtEopxmLd4wZWx6JfTOyeBQfzwz9lD24vRB3V508H-8vnkK92qXKGN7lYsyojKCc5nZURtDFnMNFWD26wIYUFihjfjB4X_rMNwtmAjn67y20uOU3-s4ZHBrZQWH7vY3sesOZHdNvDwwuUatgl8iAjqaRT3ibzDvOD1jrD/s320/MoonAndVenusJune21st2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 21st 1815 GMT Sun</h3><div>I was expecting to see the same sunspots as before, except that they would have rotated. However, I was disappointed to see just the largest one. Perhaps the sky was not quite as clear as I thought it was. In a difficult month, even a single sunspot counts as a positive. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpJ0J9tqPIewGHIu23sgDJJOFudVk50nOwQj9n46kbgoiH2wSR9HZeKPKARJcYbFhdONRDjN2Nevl1gIRrNeyKNA9N0sy9iseyYBmvcP1rTuL3iQtJURWlVb3JHNkRIvSyOn3RjHGCxIs4T72T04nwVPZRm0jHpUTjMrK8K-9VA31WY9deLyBH5dG/s895/SunspotDrawingJune21st2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="895" data-original-width="742" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIpJ0J9tqPIewGHIu23sgDJJOFudVk50nOwQj9n46kbgoiH2wSR9HZeKPKARJcYbFhdONRDjN2Nevl1gIRrNeyKNA9N0sy9iseyYBmvcP1rTuL3iQtJURWlVb3JHNkRIvSyOn3RjHGCxIs4T72T04nwVPZRm0jHpUTjMrK8K-9VA31WY9deLyBH5dG/s320/SunspotDrawingJune21st2023.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 20th 2110 GMT Moon and Venus</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There was very heavy rainfall between my solar viewing and
bedtime. I tried some closeup shots of Venus and the Moon using my 'phone
camera. I did not catch the phase of Venus at all and the lunar shots showed
the phase but no surface detail. The shot showing both worked quite well, given
the limited technology.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5je_DCwAdb2m_SsdsefzgD8_PSaU_TDC-b9004597_KFWe6anGV-OBsiA2zW2QaeXShdRggqDmqUeDsjNTWda9f7mZRc2vz_rxnOaOW0_VTuJ5pNlJhws1etkE_kzZJE2uQm8Ai6-FZSynjLA6qYV5yRo-c7e2gl587icsPviLBx9Dmo4VjvVZME5/s4080/MoonJune20th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5je_DCwAdb2m_SsdsefzgD8_PSaU_TDC-b9004597_KFWe6anGV-OBsiA2zW2QaeXShdRggqDmqUeDsjNTWda9f7mZRc2vz_rxnOaOW0_VTuJ5pNlJhws1etkE_kzZJE2uQm8Ai6-FZSynjLA6qYV5yRo-c7e2gl587icsPviLBx9Dmo4VjvVZME5/s320/MoonJune20th2023.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1W9vBVqMwYm0qa_LgQBwQC4F3h09ej5I3QUO0YLb941cp2g4x5rrYsMxR8gM417Ivfdu2Sj7v3yHbo9nxCSibPGTt7vhaK3pHMHqkLAUGwMQyWFLIT1SY_mZrcq46iEWIfRaZl_KgIJ4646k3i_K5eAwN3yFBPImiPgjxRx4TTRoTFm4ZMguJvJJw/s3042/MoonAndVenusJune20th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1881" data-original-width="3042" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1W9vBVqMwYm0qa_LgQBwQC4F3h09ej5I3QUO0YLb941cp2g4x5rrYsMxR8gM417Ivfdu2Sj7v3yHbo9nxCSibPGTt7vhaK3pHMHqkLAUGwMQyWFLIT1SY_mZrcq46iEWIfRaZl_KgIJ4646k3i_K5eAwN3yFBPImiPgjxRx4TTRoTFm4ZMguJvJJw/s320/MoonAndVenusJune20th2023.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 20<sup>th</sup> 1735 GMT Sun</h3><div>Wow! Clear sky, at least for a short while and I manged to see some sunspots through my binoculars and filters.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwBSVoek3zzW5m7Tl-3JXkf5PBdAzxad8wRoyFgMwLhpp3y-yXd-49QLgH779Ot2jH4-0aA5d33ALD5DlVe_3gmImd_8LBhuXTuaFZzukICYhxcfPqJAM4Nfefa-To4GOWuupPCQDI0ptx-5MHqogg9thCcvqOlypvW5R2wfQj5SAPRQ15hTNNAZEJ/s883/SunspotDrawingJune20th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="744" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwBSVoek3zzW5m7Tl-3JXkf5PBdAzxad8wRoyFgMwLhpp3y-yXd-49QLgH779Ot2jH4-0aA5d33ALD5DlVe_3gmImd_8LBhuXTuaFZzukICYhxcfPqJAM4Nfefa-To4GOWuupPCQDI0ptx-5MHqogg9thCcvqOlypvW5R2wfQj5SAPRQ15hTNNAZEJ/s320/SunspotDrawingJune20th2023.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 18<sup>th</sup> Lunar Reprocess</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was a cloudy Sunday, so I had another go at reprocessing
another lunar close-up. Despite placing sample points on features and the
limb of the lunar disc, I ended up with another fuzzy image.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 17th Lunar reprocess</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I had an awful weekend with lots of cloud. Apart from
writing,I decided to experiment with sracking lunar closeups again. I tried
aligning on multiple features but this attempt did not work. <o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 16<sup>th</sup> 1110 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The date brings back many memories for me, relating to
fishing. For many years I went fishing and it was fishing that lured me into
writing for magazines. Time has moved on and I would say that my time as a
fisherman was mostly successful. Whilst, ideally, I would still like to go, the
reality is there is only room in my life for one major hobby. So instead of
hauling fish out on the first day of the season (I never failed to catch a fish
on opening day), I was knocking spots off the Sun.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Sun was a bit more active than on my previous
observation, so I recorded the sunspots I had seen through my binoculars and
filters. New hobby, new life, new writing.<o:p></o:p></p></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfC3gDXWwlb2I2BwsD9rPxsR8wjjPBfAxWiLSL_Dtcr8MH9ZRpx6QlQqSeSNHLRi2-rrEhhIqdtqoQmx1Dn34AWnJ0Tn--nc4oZdZ3RV1mLpw19CPDtf_7F9cEull9AHULTOKr7k_B7kkdXLQOOsB5vBrCnJGajaSUcB-wedC1xSSBTzWNeRQoA/s899/SunspotDrawingJune16th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="752" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTfC3gDXWwlb2I2BwsD9rPxsR8wjjPBfAxWiLSL_Dtcr8MH9ZRpx6QlQqSeSNHLRi2-rrEhhIqdtqoQmx1Dn34AWnJ0Tn--nc4oZdZ3RV1mLpw19CPDtf_7F9cEull9AHULTOKr7k_B7kkdXLQOOsB5vBrCnJGajaSUcB-wedC1xSSBTzWNeRQoA/s320/SunspotDrawingJune16th2023.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 14<sup>th</sup> 1200 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I did not habitually carry my Mak and DSLR into work.
However, a pair of binoculars and filters was a different matter. It was a way
of recording sunspots by my traditional means. I saw three sunspots, which was
interesting enough, although showed a quieter sun than the previous few weeks.
On the other hand, it was nice to be able to observe anything at all, given the
awful winter and early spring viewing conditions we endured in south west
England.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4r3e98swaVb1DVdMVHO4RYAh3C6bpkrSgp0p7DM9T4z3vggV7_rCqPBNIGwHlWo56Xi4T1ppNUvwyddenhmrTnhnzGbfjpn7JNmaNiMyFfHOb7b2Nz4Va-BX-AYelj27094kB19ii1iEMis_i4-yjX7GQXHoNcNk5VDHoiEnsigy63uajNUfwg/s891/SunspotDrawingJune14th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS4r3e98swaVb1DVdMVHO4RYAh3C6bpkrSgp0p7DM9T4z3vggV7_rCqPBNIGwHlWo56Xi4T1ppNUvwyddenhmrTnhnzGbfjpn7JNmaNiMyFfHOb7b2Nz4Va-BX-AYelj27094kB19ii1iEMis_i4-yjX7GQXHoNcNk5VDHoiEnsigy63uajNUfwg/s320/SunspotDrawingJune14th2023.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 13<sup>th</sup> 0610 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Insomnia is a curse. Most of us suffer it at some point in
our life and astronomers are no exception. It explains why some of our
observations are made and photographs taken at apparently strange times of day
or night. I knew that late morning or lunchtime, tiredness would hit me like a
sledgehammer but I had been awake for a while and had breakfast and the Sun had
cleared the neighbouring rooftops and our fence, ready to full victim to my Mak
and DSLR. I got 5 frames ready to stack later and came back inside to start
work.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHY2G4s1HPAhd8-F_woPwmA4ax4-UlfcPxHLg1Pos6dH1XINjisrEcb0kvcXnOUsgVxje4S3U5eHO9IAYuaFdE7kDtdkwSmOpbLQ3R0BTAbgPenaB39cxEmoaCpJz0vgCXzhAhYVO1TeiauOCeFT70wPk-5cpcX8dGiAu_FFHs_U-REFKEfQQ_pw/s3723/SunJune13th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3713" data-original-width="3723" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHY2G4s1HPAhd8-F_woPwmA4ax4-UlfcPxHLg1Pos6dH1XINjisrEcb0kvcXnOUsgVxje4S3U5eHO9IAYuaFdE7kDtdkwSmOpbLQ3R0BTAbgPenaB39cxEmoaCpJz0vgCXzhAhYVO1TeiauOCeFT70wPk-5cpcX8dGiAu_FFHs_U-REFKEfQQ_pw/s320/SunJune13th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 9<sup>th</sup> 1110 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
Hay fever or not, I hadn’t had a decent solar photograph all month. I took a series of shots with my Mak and DSLR, with the intention of stacking.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqKEj7AziCFempOsyktLXRN9EEAe8CfTZRi0d9_axS-hRUliS5ewNrGxM-i_gLm_k4QpR3ZieCFGYcR3cC1NTjiOIT-TJewkID6NfdJ3cFwn6mRpj3uW2aB0ZXnUUunzhdd-yp5FxANYxIyiK-u4g5Lm2xoYVQYgz5Dy8L-Na8K-e_bnJqQC56w/s3713/SunJune9th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3707" data-original-width="3713" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqqKEj7AziCFempOsyktLXRN9EEAe8CfTZRi0d9_axS-hRUliS5ewNrGxM-i_gLm_k4QpR3ZieCFGYcR3cC1NTjiOIT-TJewkID6NfdJ3cFwn6mRpj3uW2aB0ZXnUUunzhdd-yp5FxANYxIyiK-u4g5Lm2xoYVQYgz5Dy8L-Na8K-e_bnJqQC56w/s320/SunJune9th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 8th 2035 GMT Venus </h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was early dusk and Venus was high in the south west
but getting lower in the sky. I snapped it with my DSLR at 300mm focal length,
ISO 100 and 1/200 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQM6S1F-7FBzTIKx8l5oEBwrmNOcxZru8ZT3U_KPNcqKVtXjS2cxY6KNlZgRYJUqIstzn-GPoTxhdDPSCEYPZeQuDJmCk0GPkPgcpzHrwmhD3ciytDzlVhkCBuydjBy44a4uvBltVZOmSe1ucj9lGxcsZ_K2_bmubAJ1igrI0SMt4qSUedrwNaQ/s269/VenusJune8th2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="269" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtQM6S1F-7FBzTIKx8l5oEBwrmNOcxZru8ZT3U_KPNcqKVtXjS2cxY6KNlZgRYJUqIstzn-GPoTxhdDPSCEYPZeQuDJmCk0GPkPgcpzHrwmhD3ciytDzlVhkCBuydjBy44a4uvBltVZOmSe1ucj9lGxcsZ_K2_bmubAJ1igrI0SMt4qSUedrwNaQ/s1600/VenusJune8th2023.JPG" width="269" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 8<sup>th</sup> 1130 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A solar binocular scan showed just a single sunspot, despite
there being several on the professional observatory images that were almost as
prominent.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWxRClJkooyVO3MuGCyC3iYS8QytZZPW9KxHaAbQukfIBBdWfQ8z70omirUtuLLqJm48wkgmDqVMUYhSgk5phfOghJeUHeqRlYlIMhP5FluVe8U3ySVcTcQsGr25SB396ymJVfom4YsQmJsGwxPs20gKfjfNv7Iwv5ZBwMNHao9FvWyK40vJv8A/s899/SunspotDrawingJune8th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="754" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWxRClJkooyVO3MuGCyC3iYS8QytZZPW9KxHaAbQukfIBBdWfQ8z70omirUtuLLqJm48wkgmDqVMUYhSgk5phfOghJeUHeqRlYlIMhP5FluVe8U3ySVcTcQsGr25SB396ymJVfom4YsQmJsGwxPs20gKfjfNv7Iwv5ZBwMNHao9FvWyK40vJv8A/s320/SunspotDrawingJune8th2023.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 7<sup>th</sup> 1210 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>A</o:p>fter a very cloudy start, only a thin haze was left by
lunchtime. I could see two sunspots, one prominent, one faint.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSX8pofK7SiFaF61RB-MxKDlQOzFuKmvevSIP5Amd7ixQM-8zHxedGNP0iIiyQr-7t1juUIKyvFCO0JM31V7XKHY7jWViDo_2hWoyzPdc3hGBH1zYvCY2PFA_m3kFjXxOM0K0C1m05IW-WenFsT-GiK239ESctiq_sg3vu6D9UsleMbK7lE9kKEQ/s892/SunspotDrawingJune7th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="892" data-original-width="751" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSX8pofK7SiFaF61RB-MxKDlQOzFuKmvevSIP5Amd7ixQM-8zHxedGNP0iIiyQr-7t1juUIKyvFCO0JM31V7XKHY7jWViDo_2hWoyzPdc3hGBH1zYvCY2PFA_m3kFjXxOM0K0C1m05IW-WenFsT-GiK239ESctiq_sg3vu6D9UsleMbK7lE9kKEQ/s320/SunspotDrawingJune7th2023.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 4th 1200 GMT Sun </h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With bad hay fever and a sore back, I limited my solar
activity to a Binocular scan. The two sunspots to the right of the solar disc
had rotated off, leaving a single sunspot visible, although there were some
fainter ones around below the limits of my binoculars.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwtvPSa_tNJ9-Kuq1s-lI6EA5tQ1wFIPOics0leQ9eqvmQnapcZEUn0M4-b2jqm_PvFUu8gm_Pc2-kaPCtiIV8rBdw4kkJKI0d_-PHostwYDD2MgTY15LFdYr-7D72i6UuTv0ukH_-54IJZ3WpEya2cm45teqmP3FDdJC5vviRMJSRkgjFu5-ROg/s893/SunspotDrawingJune4th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwtvPSa_tNJ9-Kuq1s-lI6EA5tQ1wFIPOics0leQ9eqvmQnapcZEUn0M4-b2jqm_PvFUu8gm_Pc2-kaPCtiIV8rBdw4kkJKI0d_-PHostwYDD2MgTY15LFdYr-7D72i6UuTv0ukH_-54IJZ3WpEya2cm45teqmP3FDdJC5vviRMJSRkgjFu5-ROg/s320/SunspotDrawingJune4th2023.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 3rd 1215 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My back and hips were sore after moving the lawn, one of the
disadvantages of being in my late 60s. Fortunately, my eyesight was good enough
to spot three sunspots through my binoculars, which are much lighter than my
telescope.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxbsM7MsFUzG6uIqhkF3Ig-JSWk2im5PytBQKzkiop4MOQQo47ZRqJRpUWTXGmnWFlqhfW85Q19jYh5jQiBaOcwYHYOmSnLlDXraPc3ukSxT0nk0NE7mj5L4Cm036K_HgMn2ElE1wbq4KpguvALwK4MvluMPwKDjqjT8UjxafX7xGJDBd5doKig/s897/SunspotDrawingJune3rd2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="754" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvxbsM7MsFUzG6uIqhkF3Ig-JSWk2im5PytBQKzkiop4MOQQo47ZRqJRpUWTXGmnWFlqhfW85Q19jYh5jQiBaOcwYHYOmSnLlDXraPc3ukSxT0nk0NE7mj5L4Cm036K_HgMn2ElE1wbq4KpguvALwK4MvluMPwKDjqjT8UjxafX7xGJDBd5doKig/s320/SunspotDrawingJune3rd2023.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 2nd 2130 GMT Moon</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Moon was 2 days before full and very low in the south
east. I took some closeups with my webcam, then full disc shots at 1.54m focal
length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately, the webcam session produced only corrupt files.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Apart from a chunk of the Moon missing, it came out OK.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZT36qgS2SeFz2Rk9Vq3-V9hXwNaEY4iQXJfCk1GQNXgThbkR95idqnxNBdp_P6JNIz4qRpyoXEsq17Qg6l14BsOnUvcprhHJdu06oYbS6i1kxz32PXxHAiztmMUG22LpWmI5ve12RY1T6V8bzoynSRiTLvNpSxVi2ECt_pqhG_9lRem8zMP4JFw/s3718/MoonJune2nd2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3718" data-original-width="3647" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZT36qgS2SeFz2Rk9Vq3-V9hXwNaEY4iQXJfCk1GQNXgThbkR95idqnxNBdp_P6JNIz4qRpyoXEsq17Qg6l14BsOnUvcprhHJdu06oYbS6i1kxz32PXxHAiztmMUG22LpWmI5ve12RY1T6V8bzoynSRiTLvNpSxVi2ECt_pqhG_9lRem8zMP4JFw/s320/MoonJune2nd2023.JPG" width="314" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 2<sup>nd</sup> 2030 GMT Venus</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I snapped Venus with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100
and 1/200 second exposure. I managed to nail the half phase.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnGrQvdHcQLfX3NGKHm1dL787CtUdPTQ4eMC9z3Kdoq5S9KJLzl_Vw3nrXhDb3kYt1HIfUSGYFbH0n2A13YBmjir3gEG1sGzEblNOzOSG1T1aIjSxenh8rmCeILPplfQEymvjZpIZdRFAVH5Uh5x4094n2c6GqasLBGEv_QUzONY4oBctbdgrrg/s177/VenusJune2nd2023.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="144" data-original-width="177" height="144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEnGrQvdHcQLfX3NGKHm1dL787CtUdPTQ4eMC9z3Kdoq5S9KJLzl_Vw3nrXhDb3kYt1HIfUSGYFbH0n2A13YBmjir3gEG1sGzEblNOzOSG1T1aIjSxenh8rmCeILPplfQEymvjZpIZdRFAVH5Uh5x4094n2c6GqasLBGEv_QUzONY4oBctbdgrrg/s1600/VenusJune2nd2023.JPG" width="177" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 1st 1949 GMT Moon</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I did a visual session on the Moon before sunset. It was low
in the south west and a large gibbous phase, nearly full. Despite the daylight,
I could see lots of detail. The Ray systems of Tycho, Copernicus and Kepler
were very prominent. Plato, the walled plain or lava-flooded crater showed
well, with the lunar Alps on show. Linne, a bright crater near Kepler was very
bright. I could also see a few small craters near the terminator.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 1<sup>st</sup> 1245 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p>The day started with 100% cloud cover but cleared later,
leaving a thin haze. It was transparent enough to see three sunspots through my
binoculars and filters. </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGgklQiQLuLzsmJNV3eujKt-ArQatj04eU4WKh_28kcxNwbJ3pHanmxLbVVDKSqz9npHAMjrEfj_Nw-9ZwqK8PLofekaGBY_RnoIKlF5V2BCoVR8LnZ_aaW727fDIc6v0PmnrCkT_CfoNDG3ZIPYOsuyAhzjL_yv5Lg9kGtM06PSNS5iRws3hbw/s891/SunspotDrawingJune1st2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="747" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAGgklQiQLuLzsmJNV3eujKt-ArQatj04eU4WKh_28kcxNwbJ3pHanmxLbVVDKSqz9npHAMjrEfj_Nw-9ZwqK8PLofekaGBY_RnoIKlF5V2BCoVR8LnZ_aaW727fDIc6v0PmnrCkT_CfoNDG3ZIPYOsuyAhzjL_yv5Lg9kGtM06PSNS5iRws3hbw/s320/SunspotDrawingJune1st2023.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-62550477565466019622023-05-06T06:22:00.018-07:002023-11-21T13:07:49.671-08:002023 Writing Blog<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h3>Astronomer Reinvented November 21st </h3><div style="text-align: left;">The usual obstacles of weather and general busyness conspired to restrict not only the writing but also the photographs I needed to have anything to write about.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I added some images of new objects during October but never got around to blogging about them!</div><h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWHXeocTnLJXwURoiCMKnBCGeF_yidi3SDiSP4StzqrMqB5EcZSpjwhX-ItTzoE9GAm25rsf1JUGFZcS0jOYlER4v5IvjiclESg_LqB34QU-Dc5njHSXhstmmDUkA4Xxflon-GcT-ZOwkB8JylgwLFKsQT2mH8zGceiwZrmAipdTA3UQ-LGE8zey9z" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="184" data-original-width="209" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhWHXeocTnLJXwURoiCMKnBCGeF_yidi3SDiSP4StzqrMqB5EcZSpjwhX-ItTzoE9GAm25rsf1JUGFZcS0jOYlER4v5IvjiclESg_LqB34QU-Dc5njHSXhstmmDUkA4Xxflon-GcT-ZOwkB8JylgwLFKsQT2mH8zGceiwZrmAipdTA3UQ-LGE8zey9z" width="273" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Gamma Arietis is a double star that I managed to mis-identify before getting the real one.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgS_8OzoMaUKdR6jHS8TidLOwM8uqN4UZnG75gwkLbbbRZHWNrVdr9djYdzwhv1n4CZ1WZm2Lb6bEuzBmrHQl5Hbj_vVuCCRn4_PaAvGqVecLw5VYnlrchapiOPSDl2Xz0q6p3Fotj_YsiruWrTmF9NrcJBMqonwJkSxl2TNeW3IGPQPNoZIo2rIU87" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="525" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgS_8OzoMaUKdR6jHS8TidLOwM8uqN4UZnG75gwkLbbbRZHWNrVdr9djYdzwhv1n4CZ1WZm2Lb6bEuzBmrHQl5Hbj_vVuCCRn4_PaAvGqVecLw5VYnlrchapiOPSDl2Xz0q6p3Fotj_YsiruWrTmF9NrcJBMqonwJkSxl2TNeW3IGPQPNoZIo2rIU87" width="240" /></a></div><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">I also photographed a star cluster NGC 752, which I confused with the Pinwheel Galaxy.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">I added a few more deep sky objects and some lunar close-ups taken by webcam in September.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEim_GBwJNtIxBqXhEq9r8BKLKpmOMRks2Awm0-96VZuZoMCJqcgcAyjWli7Jj9g8wqJlzMW4M2VC5_ym4ikZjqcziSluqpI4nGz-_YV7de_CG4BP-zhjHegWKrA9BHS3GtEk2Nk9IZ_9WuIb9cr76kvts6Jat9Ao1E4tcpg42rKMy82SpbNCCuxUnLh" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="525" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEim_GBwJNtIxBqXhEq9r8BKLKpmOMRks2Awm0-96VZuZoMCJqcgcAyjWli7Jj9g8wqJlzMW4M2VC5_ym4ikZjqcziSluqpI4nGz-_YV7de_CG4BP-zhjHegWKrA9BHS3GtEk2Nk9IZ_9WuIb9cr76kvts6Jat9Ao1E4tcpg42rKMy82SpbNCCuxUnLh" width="296" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_LQef33vzhSw0uzOoiONbSoB_qG8itg1aMdSNwttqclqeUINvwJVWeGeo-MdN7l7js9wl8-EedxnMLbOREoU6T1NTECL5lGaLB2QVmNl2BGVYqm7hcfO5dKeifrh67OO6yRVNCJWqaT3ItZFXopHTDX25sZFzvgdM0HzreK3pNTyKnMKBUGtI5ErD" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="426" data-original-width="525" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_LQef33vzhSw0uzOoiONbSoB_qG8itg1aMdSNwttqclqeUINvwJVWeGeo-MdN7l7js9wl8-EedxnMLbOREoU6T1NTECL5lGaLB2QVmNl2BGVYqm7hcfO5dKeifrh67OO6yRVNCJWqaT3ItZFXopHTDX25sZFzvgdM0HzreK3pNTyKnMKBUGtI5ErD" width="296" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><br /></h3><h3>Astronomer, Reinvented September 16<sup>th</sup></h3><div style="text-align: left;">Maybe the lack of posts about my work-in-progress (WIP to writers) suggests that I had made little progress in over two months. That would be somewhat correct! Most of the writers on social media are novellists. All you need to write a novel is time, energy and imagination, not that those qualities are easy to come by. For non-fiction, the challenges are different, especially when the journey of the subject is uncharted territory. I recall, over a decade ago, I decided to observe a group of objects known as the Messier Catalogue. It consists of 110 objects, varying from the well-known and easy to the downright difficult. Many of the objects can only be seen for a few weeks every year. One spell of bad weather and, well, its was another year to wait. It took four years to finish my observations and, hence, the book: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935694669/ref=syn_sd_onsite_desktop_0?ie=UTF8&psc=1&pf_rd_p=364912db-e534-48ad-9b87-1666e0a1ca2b&pf_rd_r=71TR3ATT0PFHXRJ43997&pd_rd_wg=19SZH&pd_rd_w=PgTeg&pd_rd_r=73c4afd2-7a42-42ac-a5e8-8ddafa96d7a5" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/dp/1935694669/ref=syn_sd_onsite_desktop_0?ie=UTF8&psc=1&pf_rd_p=364912db-e534-48ad-9b87-1666e0a1ca2b&pf_rd_r=71TR3ATT0PFHXRJ43997&pd_rd_wg=19SZH&pd_rd_w=PgTeg&pd_rd_r=73c4afd2-7a42-42ac-a5e8-8ddafa96d7a5</a>.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Astronomer, Reinvented follows a similar path. I am trying out new astrophotography techniques. Like my previous book, I need enough clear sky and when I'm not working or sleeping. The year 2023 was notoriously bad for weather, meaning that I had little opportunity to take the photographs I wanted or I was restricted to photographing brighter objects, such as the Sun and Moon.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Just because my progress was slow did not mean that it was zero. I had applied some of the new techniques I had used on the Sun and Moon on the planet Venus, that had emerged into the morning sky in September.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pzi3Sti256ylLSBFhyWAfSrFga_DDdk75wtK_EWnN3abXUR6Qj3ERFxZZx959dCJGaO6k-4qQ9GMZUFBhXWK9qT4RmjnscmLappH3r8Bl5rGR3QM3EbH_VNMGN_EYJ0TIc9LzRTvXjELnn1evXPryM_BHBaFIKs2VJV9MdJYk8qBI-uKy6wwtY0m/s434/Venuseptember13th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="434" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_pzi3Sti256ylLSBFhyWAfSrFga_DDdk75wtK_EWnN3abXUR6Qj3ERFxZZx959dCJGaO6k-4qQ9GMZUFBhXWK9qT4RmjnscmLappH3r8Bl5rGR3QM3EbH_VNMGN_EYJ0TIc9LzRTvXjELnn1evXPryM_BHBaFIKs2VJV9MdJYk8qBI-uKy6wwtY0m/s320/Venuseptember13th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I had also revisited some constellations, trying some different camera settings.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5h6ILUDxW4Nof2sIdcUAgK2kwN3MzCoThXUCI5UsARaWMvnzxnNCicy26IvdWQzAajB5F6zRZkYXf0xi4RgvGbUoeVQ1Ms9lJSNOL-pJZ2_WdT0FbNXRcr9MnS6dRzjX08RdofoBsFvz4ftSxdyUjj5Tgr-mlJTr1JVR-xLt17L2gPavbpOhJ5FK/s4884/Aries20August27th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2783" data-original-width="4884" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5h6ILUDxW4Nof2sIdcUAgK2kwN3MzCoThXUCI5UsARaWMvnzxnNCicy26IvdWQzAajB5F6zRZkYXf0xi4RgvGbUoeVQ1Ms9lJSNOL-pJZ2_WdT0FbNXRcr9MnS6dRzjX08RdofoBsFvz4ftSxdyUjj5Tgr-mlJTr1JVR-xLt17L2gPavbpOhJ5FK/s320/Aries20August27th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oIYLwUAkKd0cvnrGMXuXfsv6OY8ZEH6Q9J57PPvmiNoZk_s7hC0my2vYDJZPvu_Su0zBsBqWd0W2jsbTKu3kp_wIQ4BXzvOOFu33MTwTIXj1ERs_PLPGuCvOy-QXWh9a8UFiU15g8SeZj91BcFnC9GDovMxoRSj1DetkKTvKoqb3coBy1QX7ggku/s6016/TriangulumAugust27th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1oIYLwUAkKd0cvnrGMXuXfsv6OY8ZEH6Q9J57PPvmiNoZk_s7hC0my2vYDJZPvu_Su0zBsBqWd0W2jsbTKu3kp_wIQ4BXzvOOFu33MTwTIXj1ERs_PLPGuCvOy-QXWh9a8UFiU15g8SeZj91BcFnC9GDovMxoRSj1DetkKTvKoqb3coBy1QX7ggku/s320/TriangulumAugust27th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Novellists, short story writers and non-fiction writers alike have several things in common: we don't concentrate on our WIP, we day-dream about other projects! Sometimes we end up working multiple projects but I gave that up when old age set in. I still have a day job and, maybe one day, I might make a significant astronomical purchase from the proceeds!</div><h3>Astronomer, Reinvented July 2<sup>nd</sup></h3><div style="text-align: left;">As previously discussed, time to work on the book and time to do the experiments that formed the content of the book, were both at a premium. That is the reality of life for most writers, as most of us have day jobs, etc. Yet, the book had reached 37 pages. That is not a milestone but, to me, it was a sign that I had made progress. Slow progress, yes, but progress nevertheless. At this stage, I only knew part of the content I was going to write, due to the nature of the book. I knew, at some stage, there would be a time that I would have enough pages to fill as book but, how many? I think a minimum of 300 and maximum of about 400. Don't mention word count to me! Much of the book, so far and intended for the future, would consist of images. Here's some images that I have created so far.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Ntzjw9O9f1yexuxnYSxLxmAbKwpCy1K83wZZCU-h5PpefdsMmdR_8ADopxPEu4WjXlnKOgXTFnBbMBYLFWI2CJM9_BQW7ize9LyV6Dk6-NQg2VqjHfMi7LXD4vcAuWc8G-fOJGWZbMOGCF8E0uz0J9tSdd-UXVI1oBrXZiMKG4m6IJM2QTzWRCdy/s1010/JupiterByWebcam.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="858" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Ntzjw9O9f1yexuxnYSxLxmAbKwpCy1K83wZZCU-h5PpefdsMmdR_8ADopxPEu4WjXlnKOgXTFnBbMBYLFWI2CJM9_BQW7ize9LyV6Dk6-NQg2VqjHfMi7LXD4vcAuWc8G-fOJGWZbMOGCF8E0uz0J9tSdd-UXVI1oBrXZiMKG4m6IJM2QTzWRCdy/s320/JupiterByWebcam.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZ-J7PAKaF-WIDDAb0Uq4_fFwrwXiFoVDw3f1uVVcCLyDVaGkGyVMBNgMFcY39NiNvmujgUE6DJeUveTHVYQ2BFWeVSPyfMSFwJUOhb7ut24sDuPopeLrMCF254qHNSH1OLtlFeZT-nBmkU5IWfJFAKT7NSoKGcpyU2dj6033AK-ZTmSoDQY8WpK-/s1694/Sagitta.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1248" data-original-width="1694" height="236" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQZ-J7PAKaF-WIDDAb0Uq4_fFwrwXiFoVDw3f1uVVcCLyDVaGkGyVMBNgMFcY39NiNvmujgUE6DJeUveTHVYQ2BFWeVSPyfMSFwJUOhb7ut24sDuPopeLrMCF254qHNSH1OLtlFeZT-nBmkU5IWfJFAKT7NSoKGcpyU2dj6033AK-ZTmSoDQY8WpK-/s320/Sagitta.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOTxbTMiJQKat0ZfV0jkX82mkcfXlmyTji43nlK_IeiR2U-9dSZWhsgq7paeceS9CIkvYaiGvGFGuSSNVzxBf0FVMlZSNNiqCxrt4NnXzsK-9GH0E5qo9atfvxOvcuICOJ5mlqqdVsRG9apZBBThipbRhOa5v_Lt3u-4KXi1G-CqRHGb3G5q-93HD/s1236/SunFinal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="1130" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOTxbTMiJQKat0ZfV0jkX82mkcfXlmyTji43nlK_IeiR2U-9dSZWhsgq7paeceS9CIkvYaiGvGFGuSSNVzxBf0FVMlZSNNiqCxrt4NnXzsK-9GH0E5qo9atfvxOvcuICOJ5mlqqdVsRG9apZBBThipbRhOa5v_Lt3u-4KXi1G-CqRHGb3G5q-93HD/s320/SunFinal.jpg" width="293" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Astronomer, Reinvented June 14<sup>th</sup></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I had another bout of wanting to be a novelist. It’s like
the old cliché of the comic who wanted to become a serious dramatic actor. Do
why can’t an astronomy writer be a novelist? The main reason they might not be
able to is that they wrote a novel and it didn’t sell. Despite a two to three
year lull, my astronomy writings have sold, not enough to make a full-time
living from them by a long shot but they have sold enough over the years to
make me think I had an audience. Yet, that same audience did not embrace my
novel. Maybe a novel with an astronomical content could work. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am well aware of the dangers of having multiple projects
on the go, especially since I returned to full-time work. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nobody likes to identify as a “successful” writer. It was
refreshing to read that even John Steinbeck suffered from what we now call imposter
syndrome. Yet, I have twice written books that have spent time in the Number
One spot of their genre. Better to be a successful astronomy writer than am
unsuccessful novelist, or a successful comic than a poor Shakespearian actor.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, “Astronomer, Reinvented” hit a milestone. No, I did not
complete the first draft!. I have set no time limit for its completion. What I
did was complete the first section that describes how I managed to make a huge
leap forward in photographing the Sun. The next stage will be to describe my
giant leap with full disc lunar photography.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Due to the nature of the book, the final contents will not
be known until I continue to complete my experiments until I have enough
content for a book.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 13th The Grapes of Wrath</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I had heard of the John Steinbeck novel for many years but
had neither read it, nor seen the film. We studied “The Pearl” at school and I
had recently read “Of Mice and Men”. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">What struck me was that the edition of the book I had
borrowed had an enormous volume of front material. As a reader, I would have
skipped over it and gone straight to Page 1 but, as a writer, it intrigued me,
even though I only got halfway through it. Many writers I know talk about the
pressures of being a writer in the modern world., yet Steinbeck and, perhaps
others, had written diaries about their writing! The only difference is that he
did not put them on blogs. His diaries were published after his death, maybe
future reading. In the preface to this book, it is noted that he suffered the
same sort of doubts that writers express on social media platforms all the
time. Initially, Steinbeck had day jobs but for less than a decade. There are
very few writers that I am in contact with that don’t have a day job. From what
I had read, Steinbeck was both skilled (despite his self-doubts!) and lucky
enough to make a full-time living from writing, although there was no
suggestion that he led a “celebrity” lifestyle. He spent most of his time
isolated in a small room and sometimes travelled to research his books. It
seemed that this isolation was one of the main causes of the breakdown of his first
marriage, ironically one in which his wife, Carol, was a major
contributor.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In addition to day jobs, most writers have romantic
partners, usually non-writers. This can cause a lot of friction. More on this
later but I was trying to finish a section of my latest work-in-progress before
bedtime when my wife instigated a conversation about a domestic purchase and
told me off for being stuck to my computer. Whilst most writers would feel that
she should not have done this, I did not communicate that I was writing. She
has not explicitly stated this but her attitude seems to be that I achieved my
goal of being a published writer years ago and that I should just tick the box.
Yet, I have to admit she is right, in a way. The amount of income by writing
contributes to the household income is insignificant and only pays for one
weeks’ worth of grocery out of 52. I would make more per hour if I had an
evening cleaning job. Probably most people reading this would envy me for
having any writing income at all. The main point is that unless one’s writing
income is hitting double figure percentages of the household income then it is
only a hobby. The fact that I have difficulty completing any sort of task
if interrupted is my problem and not the rest of the world’s. It seems that
Steinbeck had similar problems, even though his writing was his only source of
income.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The final point about Steinbeck is that although he never
completed a degree, he studied creative writing at university. People in the
writing world know that I have enjoyed some success as an astronomy writer but
my only novel flopped. Is it possible, or even likely, for someone to write a
novel without some sort of formal training? For a while after reading, I
daydreamt about a second novel that was going to establish myself as one of the
great writers of my time, like Steinbeck, Shakespeare et al. Then I realised
that the reality was that I was going to write an astronomy book that would end
up being self-published and scrape into the top 100 000 sellers on Amazon!<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><br /></h3><h3>Astronomer, Reinvented May 9th</h3><div>This will be, whenever and if it ever gets finished, an account of how I started to make a significant leap forward in astronomy, hopefully without spending a lot of money.</div><div><br /></div><div>I wrote the introduction, then promptly deleted most of it! The angle was that sounded that I was being driven purely by my perceived popularity as an astronomer and writer. Of course, that is part of it but, I wanted to produce better images and better viewing experiences, even if I never sold another book.</div><h3>Hiatus May 8th and from here?</h3><div style="text-align: left;">I never intended to stop writing forever. I noticed an approximate doubling of engaging on my online content, averaged over most channels. During my break, I had started posting on Mastodon, Pinterest, Tiktok and Reddit. My Astronomy Shorts were getting noticed on TikTok, with a few likes on YouTube.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I had some increase in sales during April and early May 2023 but this could have been just a normal variation, as I have had some fluctuations up and down in my sales figures. I hadn't gone viral but who knows? Maybe? One day?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the meantime, I had a maelstrom of possible writing ideas. It was impractical to do them all, especially as my writing time had been somewhat limited. Yet, as long as I did not have the ambitious writing schedules that a traditionally published book would entail, I had a great idea for a project, or did I?</div><h3>Hiatus May 8th Website: Key Additions</h3><div style="text-align: left;">Long before my hiatus, in fact years ago, I had a lot on my website about equipment reviews and astronomical objects. By checking the statistics, people were only visiting my home and index pages. As I started hosting much of my content externally, people started to visit it but, before the hiatus, interest dropped off.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I don't think I have over-saturated my website with my books but have included more about them and put links to the book information in strategic places:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://philippughastronomer.epizy.com/About_Phils_Books.html">Philip Pugh's Website: About Phil's Books (epizy.com)</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I don't consider myself an interesting person, Indeed, the image of authors being hunched over typewriters (well, laptops these days), fuelled by coffee, is not entirely inaccurate. However, that is only part of a writer's life, as most of us have partners, children and jobs. Yet, people are naturally curious about the person behind the book or magazine article and this is my attempt to shed light on my life behind the computer screen:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://philippughastronomer.epizy.com/About_Phil.html">Philip Pugh's Website: About Phil (epizy.com)</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have added an astronomical calendar, showing not just astronomical events but world, major national and religious dates:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://philippughastronomer.epizy.com/Calendar.html">Philip Pugh's Astronomical Calendar (epizy.com)</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The final major addition is of the monthly summaries since January 2023:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://philippughastronomer.epizy.com/Monthly_Summaries.html">Philip Pugh's Website: Monthly Summaries (epizy.com)</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3>Hiatus May 8th Website</h3><div style="text-align: left;">Unless writers have become legends, they need to promote their writing. The how, where and why of this, depends very much on what you are writing about. In my particular case, I am an astronomy writer. In order for people to be interested in me as a writer, they must also know me as an astronomer. Love it or loathe it, astronomers need to engage with the general public and other astronomers though images. My website has always had a lot of images but, during my hiatus, I improved the number and quality of images on my website. I also started to refresh my background images more frequently, to stop my website from going stale.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Starting with my home page: <a href="http://philippughastronomer.epizy.com/">Philip Pugh's Website (epizy.com)</a>:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have drop-down menus to access my most frequently-visited content (such as my blog and photo gallery) and another for external content (such as the BBC site and NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have 3 background "decoration" photos: non-astronomical, solar system and deep sky.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Finally, under the Announcements heading, is a list of recent additions to my content.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A full menu of content is available on my Master Index:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://philippughastronomer.epizy.com/master_index">Philip Pugh's Website: Master Index (epizy.com)</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">Hiatus May 7th </h3><p style="text-align: left;">I had not been totally idle during my hiatus! I decided that I would continue to record astronomical objects that changed a lot (like the Sun) or were transient events, such as meteors. I would abandon frequent, low quality images and replace them with less frequent, higher quality images, aiming to get the best I could from my equipment. I also vowed to experiment a lot.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Not only was this to stimulate interest in my online content but I had even felt that I was stagnating. Yes, I proved I could photograph the Moon with a DSLR camera without a telescope but did people REALLY want to see hundreds of such images. No, people want to see lunar craters in detail. They want to see clear, sharp images of sunspots, not blurry, indistinct ones.</p><p style="text-align: left;">I had also decided to improve the volume and quality of my online content. To date, I am getting more hits, likes and positive comments.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Details to come in future posts...!!</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Hiatus May 6th (Coronation Day)</h3><div>I'm expecting a lot of opposition, lots of agreement but probably more writers will sit back and think. There has been a lot of debate in the past that writers should write every day. There is nothing inherently wrong in writing every day. If it works for you, do it and I have no desire to stop you!</div><div><br /></div><div>But I see it as too difficult for most of us. Even the lucky ones of us to be published and receiving an income from writing, have day jobs. As writers, we are also people and people have families, often including caring responsibilities, we have friends, we have household chores. Small wonder that many writers give up. The image of the writer as a solitary figure, usually female, middle-aged and unmarried, is a very worn cliche. I also see it as a terrible offence to women, especially women writers! Many are young, have full-time jobs and children.</div><div><br /></div><div>No, males and females of all ages and marital status who write must accept that it is something that has to be balanced with the other components of our lives. It is that difficulty that prompted my hiatus. Although it officially started on December 31st, it had started a few weeks before hand. Between 2018 and 2022, I wrote annual summaries. Having completed the 2022 one up to September, it would have seemed a shame to abandon a project so close to completion.</div><div><br /></div><div>From late summer 2022, I was facing increasing difficulties in work-life balance and simply lacked energy. Now, of course, I could have cut down on other activities to accomodate my writing but therein lies the other part of the problem! Like it or not, the world of the modern writer is dictated by clicks, likes and best sellers' charts. Whilst we know that popularity is neither the sole nor the most accurate criterion for judging the quality of our writing, it is the most readily-available barometer of our success.</div><div><br /></div><div>The sad truth is that my sales figures had plummeted and people were not engaging with my online content. Had I suddenly become a bad writer overnight? If I was a bad writer, then I was already. My sales figures were affected by the general economic climate but also, my relative rank had also fallen.</div><div><br /></div><div>So it was that I decided to take a break from writing, so I could not only get my breath back, literally, but so I could re-invent myself as an astronomer and writer. At least in the eyes of the public, I had gone stale and I had to do whatever it was, much as I had few ideas.</div>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-14544771397633128282023-05-01T05:51:00.057-07:002023-06-02T14:11:10.385-07:00May 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 30<sup>th</sup> 1125 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Sun was high in the sky, almost as high as it gets. I
saw three sunspots, unfortunately, close to the western limb and due to rotate
to the other side of the Sun. I was hoping for the clearer skies and solar
activity to continue for a while.<o:p></o:p></p><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVc13fItfiSXK8WAA163acm9QFpJNLPie1Xm64zkzokiVdpHGR54JjLpPd2KLxOe8H8NJZQV1tW175AvQzks35CbR5BAi2TG9coN304qiCNt0JcKYdKWrpqWHcK1-7WNG1f9o8P09gitYBGhtzgRmmWHoSYKsIfFPfmBQnFZcYNIBF_jM2QxLfw/s906/SunSpotDrawing30thMay2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="763" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitVc13fItfiSXK8WAA163acm9QFpJNLPie1Xm64zkzokiVdpHGR54JjLpPd2KLxOe8H8NJZQV1tW175AvQzks35CbR5BAi2TG9coN304qiCNt0JcKYdKWrpqWHcK1-7WNG1f9o8P09gitYBGhtzgRmmWHoSYKsIfFPfmBQnFZcYNIBF_jM2QxLfw/s320/SunSpotDrawing30thMay2023.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 29<sup>th</sup> 1245 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There was a lot of moving cloud around, mostly thin but
cloud nevertheless. It was time for an alternative method, so back to the
binocular scan.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UqKCHK8blT1_ySEsWuE7497sGzHn1DkgD6_VEP0MxMePi7i3PM6GbQOYYDDwZbkcXB4nYBo43WdDrv3ebXsqbYHQ-Vf0cbuoG9wp5_g8rfTUJwUFwJSasffGRJlTzXGuOVtPStB2Wq5hvC-oJExAgxgfNPCfRER2b6EKw6Yyqgpi6ViQHnOC7w/s899/SunSpotDrawing29thMay2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="745" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5UqKCHK8blT1_ySEsWuE7497sGzHn1DkgD6_VEP0MxMePi7i3PM6GbQOYYDDwZbkcXB4nYBo43WdDrv3ebXsqbYHQ-Vf0cbuoG9wp5_g8rfTUJwUFwJSasffGRJlTzXGuOVtPStB2Wq5hvC-oJExAgxgfNPCfRER2b6EKw6Yyqgpi6ViQHnOC7w/s320/SunSpotDrawing29thMay2023.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 28<sup>th</sup> 1055 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I had a bad back and hips, so shot the Sun with my DSLR at
300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/2000 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh3GQtSNYoHvceiQHd7NfotbkuO90GG7DuzeLAe6Cj3ZUP1pofiHcpqQoJoNTE0Ku3tFOasiMAPSoX2dNn3fWbSQ6kfZuE2WA0GmKxjrqq2pUdvEtjpBvOziYZfV-NgwrPR7rHGMCQ9DqVnNRTRVrDo92OnZZrIsAWjnVLh_8ZZuGjoRMzsCbu5A/s705/Sun28thMay2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="691" data-original-width="705" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh3GQtSNYoHvceiQHd7NfotbkuO90GG7DuzeLAe6Cj3ZUP1pofiHcpqQoJoNTE0Ku3tFOasiMAPSoX2dNn3fWbSQ6kfZuE2WA0GmKxjrqq2pUdvEtjpBvOziYZfV-NgwrPR7rHGMCQ9DqVnNRTRVrDo92OnZZrIsAWjnVLh_8ZZuGjoRMzsCbu5A/s320/Sun28thMay2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 27<sup>th</sup> 2130 GMT Moon</h3></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I did another lunar shoot, similar to the evening before,
with full disc shots using my Mak and DSLR and close-ups using my Wifi
electronic eyepiece.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdP9As0JR2GCPxMIQQXjmLyRuowPrQKYQ2HjW6E4ba3CJ4qiWRKQ958oqFxOQTw1guGr9CcFnx7Sc7Jc6bGARERu8KsCjXI4Spt5EiDvAshTaKzIdHPCyKQctfc-t9tCG7SQGowy8N2povEpttCqIMN72Qhk1KIpgiIHU4M5gPJww2fecKNml6WA/s3074/Moon27thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3074" data-original-width="2783" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdP9As0JR2GCPxMIQQXjmLyRuowPrQKYQ2HjW6E4ba3CJ4qiWRKQ958oqFxOQTw1guGr9CcFnx7Sc7Jc6bGARERu8KsCjXI4Spt5EiDvAshTaKzIdHPCyKQctfc-t9tCG7SQGowy8N2povEpttCqIMN72Qhk1KIpgiIHU4M5gPJww2fecKNml6WA/s320/Moon27thMay2023.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>I had some trouble with files showing as corrupt but I managed to process all of them, although I had to "normalise" them in PiPP first. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDAT1OUd3mWKPCM_v11tVRa7C30Gigrz8YNWL-KneF25LuU2FPgEfo4DQznQoeduJFcJp-ryBCUVe8RDQMyzQFc_V-L2CWW3QoGP_HcBUUfiW109qZNnj-RNIQU2z09tzch47YigY9IgVFxKyeu9ZCHXgElDd_m2rfLyvAgyLIdbYGifzMMX6XA/s934/Moon27thMay2023_08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="934" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKDAT1OUd3mWKPCM_v11tVRa7C30Gigrz8YNWL-KneF25LuU2FPgEfo4DQznQoeduJFcJp-ryBCUVe8RDQMyzQFc_V-L2CWW3QoGP_HcBUUfiW109qZNnj-RNIQU2z09tzch47YigY9IgVFxKyeu9ZCHXgElDd_m2rfLyvAgyLIdbYGifzMMX6XA/s320/Moon27thMay2023_08.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 29<sup>th</sup> 1245 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There was a lot of moving cloud around, mostly thin but
cloud nevertheless. It was time for an alternative method, so back to the
binocular scan.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuGCfG2QOfCiPFN1VsYLplxMVUwoF6BXUPkULzrdxdGEEPfDQ54_HU191NnMzi6DItWX4FDTJp9xJUO2qrBeI2xUHz3W_Z_4dfwuuvI5HWmJp8i_wqXSCKpDOH-4lMOoMZk_y8H0aTQ5Kvc3FFHJCYR0SL1GoW3-Fl44Bb_NfeGXfIKmPkoC9jg/s899/SunSpotDrawing29thMay2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="899" data-original-width="745" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuGCfG2QOfCiPFN1VsYLplxMVUwoF6BXUPkULzrdxdGEEPfDQ54_HU191NnMzi6DItWX4FDTJp9xJUO2qrBeI2xUHz3W_Z_4dfwuuvI5HWmJp8i_wqXSCKpDOH-4lMOoMZk_y8H0aTQ5Kvc3FFHJCYR0SL1GoW3-Fl44Bb_NfeGXfIKmPkoC9jg/s320/SunSpotDrawing29thMay2023.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 27th 0830 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was clear, so there was only one thing to do. I like to
follow solar activity, so shot the Sun with my Mak and DSLR at my usual
settings. It was great to be out in just shorts and T-shirt.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikH62V0HkFtGzwT6TvfCXMN5vxG4y3lG6ZJUvygQLDh9ObvpHcdSZotBPP4FhBlNUbMgKhYZOyp0nQS3XM6YOCzDzcjy5sgNLPRh44VRl3BkThUISKEGz1XuQ5wzh0t2NE4ainm-1uJ0eJUAOWLvscVPU-A29rZjWzjVxCiFBAMrhL-zqIwHDl-w/s3746/Sun27thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3707" data-original-width="3746" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikH62V0HkFtGzwT6TvfCXMN5vxG4y3lG6ZJUvygQLDh9ObvpHcdSZotBPP4FhBlNUbMgKhYZOyp0nQS3XM6YOCzDzcjy5sgNLPRh44VRl3BkThUISKEGz1XuQ5wzh0t2NE4ainm-1uJ0eJUAOWLvscVPU-A29rZjWzjVxCiFBAMrhL-zqIwHDl-w/s320/Sun27thMay2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 26<sup>th</sup> 2040 GMT Moon</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I attempted some full disc shots with my Mak and DSLR at
1.54 metres focal length, ISO 100 and 1/320 second exposure. Due to camera
damage, I was have extreme difficulty achieving focus.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpSRk7mscyST9Ok5X3IiKE6e7kmccSUTQlrRfzspQQGIx4Mhm0Hd0KLQOwUxqrLtE1RrDSgmZ9kp0FgoTGVbzg_zmVx55qArx9RSNfaGs3A9FXfDhK-tpK9ZQe6GgpOcGPm9__7O2O5pE3FyQEIcMwQcn2KuP4VpnGf13PpUYuVE8SCn4Q4iFeA/s3531/Moon26thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3531" data-original-width="2162" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNpSRk7mscyST9Ok5X3IiKE6e7kmccSUTQlrRfzspQQGIx4Mhm0Hd0KLQOwUxqrLtE1RrDSgmZ9kp0FgoTGVbzg_zmVx55qArx9RSNfaGs3A9FXfDhK-tpK9ZQe6GgpOcGPm9__7O2O5pE3FyQEIcMwQcn2KuP4VpnGf13PpUYuVE8SCn4Q4iFeA/s320/Moon26thMay2023.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">It was then time for my Wifi electronic eyepiece to see
first light. It was a lot easier to use without needing to run cables to my
laptop and initial indications were positive.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="text-align: left;">The early images were slightly out of focus. Also Autostakkert required me to convert the video file in PiPP, then it gave a blurry image. Registax 5 was better.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzBmc-DEq76NwOVB6ntAHm5ljobYoKR4jDUygGQX7dCBA1cb_yiQqLJqnQzmZjS_ROaMAbXfFeuTdZPmlHZX2kg9gw-YAZwQugTjFTRKGoWHb-XMMo5LgZtXM0WwexOqPMRj_gfrWBdXFaLMKbEqFaBhRF53fG48U8G_PQ2yahGFMQxwsO7tU0Q/s908/Moon26thMay2023_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="908" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzBmc-DEq76NwOVB6ntAHm5ljobYoKR4jDUygGQX7dCBA1cb_yiQqLJqnQzmZjS_ROaMAbXfFeuTdZPmlHZX2kg9gw-YAZwQugTjFTRKGoWHb-XMMo5LgZtXM0WwexOqPMRj_gfrWBdXFaLMKbEqFaBhRF53fG48U8G_PQ2yahGFMQxwsO7tU0Q/s320/Moon26thMay2023_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKFDrJGCPOV9IWOIng7dTuu_SvXgLkKmbLDo3eBRfdfWdiTf_LI1WgdfQXIekKiAX-Yyzy7uMlETm2Dzf7oxEak3TpXZt0nFmHGDkBQoW_omHU1u0johnEmj3VnyqpeyPE8s9Zv7MOgxiKe3spgmLnWJAy3kjSAeSJxDJI4UKa9osJsvCcujk3g/s966/Moon26thMay2023_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="966" height="102" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifKFDrJGCPOV9IWOIng7dTuu_SvXgLkKmbLDo3eBRfdfWdiTf_LI1WgdfQXIekKiAX-Yyzy7uMlETm2Dzf7oxEak3TpXZt0nFmHGDkBQoW_omHU1u0johnEmj3VnyqpeyPE8s9Zv7MOgxiKe3spgmLnWJAy3kjSAeSJxDJI4UKa9osJsvCcujk3g/s320/Moon26thMay2023_03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">One image seemed to work.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34Czs3_T-q7mnVEYa-otepNwYXV5tTqn3LP2KuZvdWRWWd6EyDm525Em1WQ9p0zIzKfjPa_dpLcKMPNZWb-MWPr30nzyl6QT7Rjj2JRzhGnQZGF3wOm-dNn6y_JQYV9sosjhufsC69FxfgMghEs3_2XAusbelqqubxcOjocbarO1TupggWvVq8w/s1677/Moon26thMay2023_04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="964" data-original-width="1677" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh34Czs3_T-q7mnVEYa-otepNwYXV5tTqn3LP2KuZvdWRWWd6EyDm525Em1WQ9p0zIzKfjPa_dpLcKMPNZWb-MWPr30nzyl6QT7Rjj2JRzhGnQZGF3wOm-dNn6y_JQYV9sosjhufsC69FxfgMghEs3_2XAusbelqqubxcOjocbarO1TupggWvVq8w/s320/Moon26thMay2023_04.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 26<sup>th</sup> 1200 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I bin scanned the Sun in a clear sky. The main
difference between this drawing and the previous one is the earth’s rotation,
which produces a 90 degree difference in orientation between the Sun when due
east and due south. The sunspots also rotated, due to the slower solar rotation
of about a month.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilERKaoDfyryf4hkA7-4UMa6gIFlNCy7Ix8DbOnG2460KiuYI-OpqrGAIde-nla4kJ2nicJXwWuq-oREkk_SpYLibrd3jOasT8OUwrqZhABpIjoA4XEEONeeBpXZKxho7-26TrrN_Sg75qK1IVv-tFbGuNzaZWkLKat3r9pShi9wrzk9Ae5xws0Q/s888/SunSpotDrawing26thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="742" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilERKaoDfyryf4hkA7-4UMa6gIFlNCy7Ix8DbOnG2460KiuYI-OpqrGAIde-nla4kJ2nicJXwWuq-oREkk_SpYLibrd3jOasT8OUwrqZhABpIjoA4XEEONeeBpXZKxho7-26TrrN_Sg75qK1IVv-tFbGuNzaZWkLKat3r9pShi9wrzk9Ae5xws0Q/s320/SunSpotDrawing26thMay2023.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 25<sup>th</sup> 0515 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Disaster struck and maybe a lesson for us all! I intended to
do a solar shoot and the only place I could get the Sun from was on concrete.
My telescope mount crashed, breaking my finderscope and causing some damage to
my camera. It was possible that I could repurpose parts of the finderscope. I
swapped it for my other one, a 6x30 straight through one but could not find the
Sun. My telescope may have suffered some superficial damage but I was able to
see some distant trees, using an eyepiece.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Despite my disappointment, I did not want to waste a clear
Sun, so I did a binocular scan and saw two new sunspots.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjaugeyYe7BYtCCs_J_43b8AWbau-MJqlicDrmebAXBBxJvnWNC7R8l_4YyyTNnRMGR-mD_dWhISV4NPQNtoUIeegI9dWsJvaoU5s5YWzEKYBKuef2-ATw7GZyOQdV7A-lTVp9eRwDeCiScwOS-VJbzALUmxTva1Ez7ZxjbZgNrN6B2RhXvnpyA/s902/SunSpotDrawing25thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="757" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUjaugeyYe7BYtCCs_J_43b8AWbau-MJqlicDrmebAXBBxJvnWNC7R8l_4YyyTNnRMGR-mD_dWhISV4NPQNtoUIeegI9dWsJvaoU5s5YWzEKYBKuef2-ATw7GZyOQdV7A-lTVp9eRwDeCiScwOS-VJbzALUmxTva1Ez7ZxjbZgNrN6B2RhXvnpyA/s320/SunSpotDrawing25thMay2023.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 24th 2030 GMT Moon and Venus</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was dusk and the sky was still far too light to see
stars. Good thing the Moon and Venus were about, high in the west. I took out
my Mak and DSLR and set them at 1.54 metres focal length, ISO 100 and 1/200
second exposure. I snapped each in turn. The Venus shot did not focus.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_l45rB8YQ1JYZ9qegy-Ziofx4UHll1co997KKA927MQITyeWsj_Lttcyq1IxlUJyQ2gEURxdd3nH9SFid32V6b9oPmnEl_PfOArdL62qtrzhajNiJSAy1sVfOLv98mhNskBaeG87SHXPDAuAbBWDtiHZfDFNQ5xVCzJxaNxTNHhKCca31pkD4mQ/s3086/Moon24thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2667" data-original-width="3086" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_l45rB8YQ1JYZ9qegy-Ziofx4UHll1co997KKA927MQITyeWsj_Lttcyq1IxlUJyQ2gEURxdd3nH9SFid32V6b9oPmnEl_PfOArdL62qtrzhajNiJSAy1sVfOLv98mhNskBaeG87SHXPDAuAbBWDtiHZfDFNQ5xVCzJxaNxTNHhKCca31pkD4mQ/s320/Moon24thMay2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I snapped them both with just my DSLR at various focal
lengths at ISO 400 and 1/50 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_HA4nYGQgHJftqzmkxOZ8VeZJbEWYTqPGbBLtxHmzUrQCg_sB-odcOKR0Z9V7V7TlHwlRpAMyeSpUxZMG5bhN-NtzkReDkIRETnclqosF35Gl2apDnszZALa5J9Njyit2vfiGf779YAS4JMhZnUbUTg1DL_Yu1U7UjV1cmud38kFbtYord9Aquw/s6016/MoonAndVenus24thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_HA4nYGQgHJftqzmkxOZ8VeZJbEWYTqPGbBLtxHmzUrQCg_sB-odcOKR0Z9V7V7TlHwlRpAMyeSpUxZMG5bhN-NtzkReDkIRETnclqosF35Gl2apDnszZALa5J9Njyit2vfiGf779YAS4JMhZnUbUTg1DL_Yu1U7UjV1cmud38kFbtYord9Aquw/s320/MoonAndVenus24thMay2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 24<sup>th</sup> 1130 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A binocular scan of the Sun showed that the large sunspot
had rotated quite considerably and no longer showed double. The presence of
smaller sunspots made the view rather interesting.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOaxe6hY7BXYejmxwisSFGi6kElpiIeney0N69nfR6lP2hYh8CDVyq883-StpxZrSntX3dyGV0QcIWriWhbB6-ikUifphMaIF6UfSrZqgD8igCokLEWJl-C1L7lwQ1o23weCsLULLtb3CcMuuDJWVpT2LYXT7gwLPk2Js7zjQtB33FM_G8pH25Hg/s893/SunSpotDrawing24thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="755" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOaxe6hY7BXYejmxwisSFGi6kElpiIeney0N69nfR6lP2hYh8CDVyq883-StpxZrSntX3dyGV0QcIWriWhbB6-ikUifphMaIF6UfSrZqgD8igCokLEWJl-C1L7lwQ1o23weCsLULLtb3CcMuuDJWVpT2LYXT7gwLPk2Js7zjQtB33FM_G8pH25Hg/s320/SunSpotDrawing24thMay2023.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 23<sup>rd</sup>
2005 GMT Moon and Venus</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I snapped the Moon,
together with Venus from an upstairs window with my phone. Venus was only just
visible, as it was soon after sunset.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately, Venus did not appear on the photo.</p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 22nd 2130 GMT Moon and Venus</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This was a quick shot of the two together with my phone
after the clouds cleared.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjik-j5yULW2utY1G4fclWjq07dswv1dcWPy7NBuqFm-iPrUZTIdYWGmQNFzFMKZLoqB0JHtHqso85l6fPXatEVWggV1kEJDUKQO60e3d5SWLnDPxumSNrvsgp0DnL4LxU_VtSrOlD2DJz6NuMdyjJiC358OH6pCEMKKSSC6cWdNV2s0BWWkYAK7w/s4080/MoonAndVenus22ndMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="3060" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjik-j5yULW2utY1G4fclWjq07dswv1dcWPy7NBuqFm-iPrUZTIdYWGmQNFzFMKZLoqB0JHtHqso85l6fPXatEVWggV1kEJDUKQO60e3d5SWLnDPxumSNrvsgp0DnL4LxU_VtSrOlD2DJz6NuMdyjJiC358OH6pCEMKKSSC6cWdNV2s0BWWkYAK7w/s320/MoonAndVenus22ndMay2023.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 21st 0720 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was sunny and clear again. The sunspots had rotated since
the day before and the group of small sunspots had shown even more members as
they rotated from the far side. Great place, the Sun but a bit hot for humans.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdU6CNnI-gxYUul5iph3E5e5Dk2J41mwlRV_oxk5fsp4gn2yP1vkIDsRz9ZOPYbFxQgzLcBK63m_g5s725DtuZAVhwWqHhZBMA_WLntXw6iBxf7rW1oq5JvY5IKe35ysuijyQNIIFShWwWj0b7ZTif0IhPzI_SL5m8MNDW73iKT-HKguYru8OWrw/s3761/Sun21stMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3734" data-original-width="3761" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdU6CNnI-gxYUul5iph3E5e5Dk2J41mwlRV_oxk5fsp4gn2yP1vkIDsRz9ZOPYbFxQgzLcBK63m_g5s725DtuZAVhwWqHhZBMA_WLntXw6iBxf7rW1oq5JvY5IKe35ysuijyQNIIFShWwWj0b7ZTif0IhPzI_SL5m8MNDW73iKT-HKguYru8OWrw/s320/Sun21stMay2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 20th 2220 GMT Meteor Hunt</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I set my DSLR at 35mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 15 seconds
exposure. I set my camera to take repeated shots automatically and hoped!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The first few frames stacked well to show the northern crown, Corona Borealis.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNEE3X9Cri-CyYRZN6XA4YhNyE-2jqifVXdkaOQzDTYHHdYng0BxUfRveVvhOqWYOKLveDwusmevxoQOOxqEshZTkZHq77tZHQBX8ILvOghld7nckuGbDJ5upXf2pQ0D5TZzXeppRMZQ__Qw4foWkoVwBTjQUIjSdCDEXLEhZJJukUmtkhU7WGA/s6016/CoronaBorealis20thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGNEE3X9Cri-CyYRZN6XA4YhNyE-2jqifVXdkaOQzDTYHHdYng0BxUfRveVvhOqWYOKLveDwusmevxoQOOxqEshZTkZHq77tZHQBX8ILvOghld7nckuGbDJ5upXf2pQ0D5TZzXeppRMZQ__Qw4foWkoVwBTjQUIjSdCDEXLEhZJJukUmtkhU7WGA/s320/CoronaBorealis20thMay2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">At 2143 GMT, I caught a faint meteor, probably from the Eta Lyrid shower, as it seemed to come from the right direction.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iIpNijfYkZ-1NI7mTh4oZ5VCj3akeQcjD79TLPjyCs-jlY-sP3FID16RrqB2I8eD69P99cMdOydgI7QunvKGX_N4OQIZRzHb0jYyJRbDp9v-CMDabsGRBOPFliI-Rrt9BdFuuIIxcFY04J2Qzlw6b6QsU5TQPRRf3j3BKj4LHpkN15KZnCmy5A/s1683/Meteor20thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1083" data-original-width="1683" height="206" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iIpNijfYkZ-1NI7mTh4oZ5VCj3akeQcjD79TLPjyCs-jlY-sP3FID16RrqB2I8eD69P99cMdOydgI7QunvKGX_N4OQIZRzHb0jYyJRbDp9v-CMDabsGRBOPFliI-Rrt9BdFuuIIxcFY04J2Qzlw6b6QsU5TQPRRf3j3BKj4LHpkN15KZnCmy5A/s320/Meteor20thMay2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">At 2151 GMT, two faint ones appeared in the same photo in part of the constellation of Hercules.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhtrhF3y23zSBcMn3ptCw1eAwC0RoJVB8x1GnsMcDz--B8kFxIOGjziaYe0MNguFrloJacYtiWqCoiKmCLUtk4PDlroYuK5uMU3101Ipowwe4jk0__CnfoT0yow6jO07jjcieiOeiHrUMgPC0_GyEV2LKF8A8zYgSwe-8o5oxfZEVTOA2Eki550w/s2200/Meteors20thMay2023_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1947" data-original-width="2200" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhtrhF3y23zSBcMn3ptCw1eAwC0RoJVB8x1GnsMcDz--B8kFxIOGjziaYe0MNguFrloJacYtiWqCoiKmCLUtk4PDlroYuK5uMU3101Ipowwe4jk0__CnfoT0yow6jO07jjcieiOeiHrUMgPC0_GyEV2LKF8A8zYgSwe-8o5oxfZEVTOA2Eki550w/s320/Meteors20thMay2023_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>At 2300 GMT, I caught a bright meteor.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2iT32lOQKIpcYbNynaFT0FVp3RgUgLeLwfsw_opTcU0cAzpweu5aEXjYzOHul3NwYJTDgM-Ja2IfmAn6W5KJO1p9XGZiR2lawmrBj9N7S1e2vfRwIoi4HfqljD2okX_10TPIUHoVqSZL3knqN6X32p25QgZotz9JPeLP4SGXYasjWJd1U8pYX7A/s2695/Meteor20thMay2023_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2338" data-original-width="2695" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2iT32lOQKIpcYbNynaFT0FVp3RgUgLeLwfsw_opTcU0cAzpweu5aEXjYzOHul3NwYJTDgM-Ja2IfmAn6W5KJO1p9XGZiR2lawmrBj9N7S1e2vfRwIoi4HfqljD2okX_10TPIUHoVqSZL3knqN6X32p25QgZotz9JPeLP4SGXYasjWJd1U8pYX7A/s320/Meteor20thMay2023_03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">At 2304 GMT, just four minutes later, I caught another faint meteor.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM0MCz9nRDmzSDpUS4AfLTto1ZJ3Nq1przl9zZikEtPtYQqa3r2xCBC0LSw1qjk9NnDvkGMKyOA1giEHxW0M2OZSdojIYZxUmSINnkArjzo0-m5XcgnQO8IFWjJ4GWhWfHCmJC_5sALfmVVX_bOvceHFYxH_K_Atz_56D_yK8PalJywnXAkNMTwA/s1584/Meteor20thMay2023_04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1584" data-original-width="1331" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM0MCz9nRDmzSDpUS4AfLTto1ZJ3Nq1przl9zZikEtPtYQqa3r2xCBC0LSw1qjk9NnDvkGMKyOA1giEHxW0M2OZSdojIYZxUmSINnkArjzo0-m5XcgnQO8IFWjJ4GWhWfHCmJC_5sALfmVVX_bOvceHFYxH_K_Atz_56D_yK8PalJywnXAkNMTwA/s320/Meteor20thMay2023_04.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 20th 2045 GMT Venus</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It had been a sunny day and the clear conditions persisted
into dusk. Venus was still quite high in the west. It was nice again to do a
session with summer observing gear of shorts and T-shirt.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I took one set of shots at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/100
second exposure. Focus was way off, though.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I took another set at 4.62m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/10
second exposure. Focus was a bit off but I sorted it out.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFaJr0PUTp4hXnhI_gANGbRZWN7SQ0su5y-QAsPYsF14Yc56zFfbrlW2_ZhjCkyezM5yWODi4bEmCFpKyvHpWI0xAYtc1InFEU9oUt197ugXoQYNCveHdbhrsPkVVYrBzMqbVGU79kOLiwhWge0vpIGV_NRXXiKXhEeFqOcU2dpBBrXCdLQmvTw/s973/Venus20thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="858" data-original-width="973" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlFaJr0PUTp4hXnhI_gANGbRZWN7SQ0su5y-QAsPYsF14Yc56zFfbrlW2_ZhjCkyezM5yWODi4bEmCFpKyvHpWI0xAYtc1InFEU9oUt197ugXoQYNCveHdbhrsPkVVYrBzMqbVGU79kOLiwhWge0vpIGV_NRXXiKXhEeFqOcU2dpBBrXCdLQmvTw/s320/Venus20thMay2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 20th 0750 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I woke up to bright sunshine. In decades gone by I would
have thought about catching trout but, for most of the last two decades, my
thoughts turned to the Sun. I went out with my Mak and DSLR and used my
settings of 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The view through my camera was amazing. There was a large
dual sunspot I had followed in my binoculars two days previously. There were a
large number of smaller sunspots, split into two groups.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHdlmMYWJZcPjpdMDJeh1MhCY1cnqLv0PyPBXBoQg_zDGVGYayXq_OfZ9qPFxDhgJfjEHdPQrzETtSJkBXQaffV0NfjQa48pvhvuTUTWbTZs7SZ3r2pDKWBfnuiRMP3h9trG7EDGSgwC3lTxSy-OHw9ht9qNcMG67YJIvTmTwVwBORW02juF3wA/s3790/Sun20thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3784" data-original-width="3790" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEHdlmMYWJZcPjpdMDJeh1MhCY1cnqLv0PyPBXBoQg_zDGVGYayXq_OfZ9qPFxDhgJfjEHdPQrzETtSJkBXQaffV0NfjQa48pvhvuTUTWbTZs7SZ3r2pDKWBfnuiRMP3h9trG7EDGSgwC3lTxSy-OHw9ht9qNcMG67YJIvTmTwVwBORW02juF3wA/s320/Sun20thMay2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I had a bit more time, so I took my Coronado PST out for the
first time in ages. The dual sunspot was immediately noticeable. After a bit of
tuning, I detected a bright flare where one of the sunspot groups was. Alas, my
attempts at afocal photography with my DSLR and phone camera did not inspire
confidence.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPw9kRjXq2533qPioK3P2rLeG6_0ccuhA_QyL0uDqnU8sT6Ay-qIJ9_l5sX_8qIVQ399nBGxWxDYZnFpPV-eUaU3dKWkgMwF4aZXzljbHPXaYveIWg-KrokYAJowx1ibPIZEP7MsZ7TuaI4_iKBOzF9xsKVVSU6PyHe4TIhzM_HBVxtO2_ErVA3A/s2690/SunAlpha20thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2634" data-original-width="2690" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPw9kRjXq2533qPioK3P2rLeG6_0ccuhA_QyL0uDqnU8sT6Ay-qIJ9_l5sX_8qIVQ399nBGxWxDYZnFpPV-eUaU3dKWkgMwF4aZXzljbHPXaYveIWg-KrokYAJowx1ibPIZEP7MsZ7TuaI4_iKBOzF9xsKVVSU6PyHe4TIhzM_HBVxtO2_ErVA3A/s320/SunAlpha20thMay2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>The bright flare showed well in a close-up.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0jBDbNY5UbKQmcSKPkAvmRRQhp8Mti2DTEW6TXpmecaOj13crf2sfo7sKM5UFVKQHG4OjqsYKMgyhq1pOQopn3Z1_sla9pzrg0xwral9rM2RhWoKGvimUKHhA0LkPgPKAwrUWr-ifO0iiHM1dmJpebJ_Q5HxKHrHtd58USWVmlpTQNSv2XSbAg/s1034/SunAlpha20thMay2023_01.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1034" data-original-width="903" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD0jBDbNY5UbKQmcSKPkAvmRRQhp8Mti2DTEW6TXpmecaOj13crf2sfo7sKM5UFVKQHG4OjqsYKMgyhq1pOQopn3Z1_sla9pzrg0xwral9rM2RhWoKGvimUKHhA0LkPgPKAwrUWr-ifO0iiHM1dmJpebJ_Q5HxKHrHtd58USWVmlpTQNSv2XSbAg/s320/SunAlpha20thMay2023_01.jpg" width="279" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 19<sup>th</sup> 2050 GMT Venus</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Five minutes earlier, Venus and most of the western sky was
covered in cloud. As another bank of cloud was moving in, I snapped the planet
at 300mm focal length, ISO100 and 1/200 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56wo8pjZzBcaDEaS6-aHfZyc-OIuSBsNo1l8d3RjxNBDUOPW2vhSPbh7BYaeYLnXU9SRJICZrT-OJ8cDAXL72DrcHF5KCgNwB9KRUz5JEUi_mXFORRc-j08xuhTlN-wNYpGv214DbamvcQPD-3MFYYBTU-hRtgN3B0BFUSJAWftCY5AQXhBs5VA/s47/Venus19thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="45" data-original-width="47" height="45" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi56wo8pjZzBcaDEaS6-aHfZyc-OIuSBsNo1l8d3RjxNBDUOPW2vhSPbh7BYaeYLnXU9SRJICZrT-OJ8cDAXL72DrcHF5KCgNwB9KRUz5JEUi_mXFORRc-j08xuhTlN-wNYpGv214DbamvcQPD-3MFYYBTU-hRtgN3B0BFUSJAWftCY5AQXhBs5VA/s1600/Venus19thMay2023.jpg" width="47" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 19<sup>th</sup> 1130 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The viewing conditions were the same as the day before –
hazy, with some thin cloud. The Sun appeared to be becoming more active but the
reality was not so dramatic. We can only see one half of the Sun at one time,
officially. In reality, we cannot see the areas on the solar limb very well. If
you don’t believe this, try rotating a circular ball and, if permissible (!),
draw on it and rotate it. You will see how objects appear to change shape. What
had happened on the Sun on the day in question was that the Sun had rotated and
new sunspots had come from the far side of the solar sphere. It made for a
rather interesting viewing!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_wfhIvBZ-GwNcpjXj2MqFG81EdrrDdC2WI5sSfpEKNl7tsAHSvznUVbiFIHg7GGh69nFH_RSPJs72LT-4fwtm9DLfNtE_PeoC5yw2eFAGoHe1E9r6JyGQsr8skc3M2Ial0dzh8LD0GU0bbKDWGi2D4evQiT2L42nfTk55qlie315mt3wz4y-Ng/s900/SunSpotDrawing19thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="766" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_wfhIvBZ-GwNcpjXj2MqFG81EdrrDdC2WI5sSfpEKNl7tsAHSvznUVbiFIHg7GGh69nFH_RSPJs72LT-4fwtm9DLfNtE_PeoC5yw2eFAGoHe1E9r6JyGQsr8skc3M2Ial0dzh8LD0GU0bbKDWGi2D4evQiT2L42nfTk55qlie315mt3wz4y-Ng/s320/SunSpotDrawing19thMay2023.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 18<sup>th</sup> 1140 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There was a lot of haze and thin cloud about but I was able
to see some sunspots for the first time for a few days. There was one
especially large one that had just emerged onto the solar disc. I had been
following a group of small sunspots online for a few days and could see two of
them.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66Br_0kc138g_kAD2dze9TcmMleFMEym_C0sphLW7kTFQNjiupevQQjhWD-3lJ7OOrJYLfX9Qw13STM7DNPR-bO6ZNrL4RquZEMh35jJEnIh_XDWexTqBLqSN7_qd4X-dRBR1H59UGkzq-1rxZjffnK1-UvfJnCOmzdo9eDC_6X1DSfVaWMY18A/s905/SunSpotDrawing18thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="905" data-original-width="751" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj66Br_0kc138g_kAD2dze9TcmMleFMEym_C0sphLW7kTFQNjiupevQQjhWD-3lJ7OOrJYLfX9Qw13STM7DNPR-bO6ZNrL4RquZEMh35jJEnIh_XDWexTqBLqSN7_qd4X-dRBR1H59UGkzq-1rxZjffnK1-UvfJnCOmzdo9eDC_6X1DSfVaWMY18A/s320/SunSpotDrawing18thMay2023.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 17th 2015 GMT Venus</h3><div>It was a dusky dusk, with plenty of thin cloud and haze. The Sun had set and the Moon was in the morning sky. Fortunately, Venus was visible. Its phases are well known to be visible to telescopes but those of us who own large binoculars can also see the phase, although not as accurately as through a telescope. There is also a very special feeling about being able to browse the sky with binoculars, wearing a T-shirt and shorts.</div><div><br /></div><div>I could see Venus, quite soon after sunset and it showed a mis-shapen disc, like a gibbous moon showing about a 70% phase in my binoculars. This appeared larger than the 60% phase I caught with my telescope and DSLR camera on 7th.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 14<sup>th</sup> 0010 GMT Binocular Session</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conditions were not good, with a lot of haze, especially
near the horizon. I had a look round while checking my camera. Venus and Mars
had long departed the scene and Leo was starting to tip towards the western
horizon. Above its hind quarters was the large open star cluster Melotte 111. I
could see its main stars, as it filled my binocular field of view. I could also
see another type of object, the globular star cluster M13 in Hercules. I could
see a central condensation, while the outer layers were fainter. I did not see
any induvial stars, a tough pot, even for my large binoculars.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I tried to find the nearby globular clusters M3 and M92 but
the haze was too thick. I did a quick tour of the double stars Albireo, Delta
Lyrae, Epsilon Lyrae, Nu Draconi, 16/17 Draconi and Mizar/Alcor. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was not a great session but I had few recent
opportunities to see much beyond the boundaries of our solar system.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 13<sup>th</sup> 2155 GMT Meteor Hunt</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I retained the same setup and aimed at Lyra, in the hope of
getting some meteors. If I didn’t, maybe I might have got some constellation
shots.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I stacked the first 40 frames to get an image of Lyra.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBrZn8gXWBpgNJAUmcxJW2Tmbde082PJwFoA_GU4bo0zw9CrsZyOchDF6XZC7tvtt-PReWrhmRaSMMJrTgHguCOTyIzOncEbJyMk-RW_bFqAj2jkshv3X0_5UNAhuY4jZKDUWDqHvnlCP8elu_B_vE6aw4MGGDG355kz7KmV1DlnmBaFgjr2B0Q/s4053/Lyra13thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3229" data-original-width="4053" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPBrZn8gXWBpgNJAUmcxJW2Tmbde082PJwFoA_GU4bo0zw9CrsZyOchDF6XZC7tvtt-PReWrhmRaSMMJrTgHguCOTyIzOncEbJyMk-RW_bFqAj2jkshv3X0_5UNAhuY4jZKDUWDqHvnlCP8elu_B_vE6aw4MGGDG355kz7KmV1DlnmBaFgjr2B0Q/s320/Lyra13thMay2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>I did not catch any meteors and the first 40 frames were the best and most interesting, the remainder being in between constellations or too hazy.<br /><h3><br /></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div data-block="true" data-editor="6lsg8" data-offset-key="d8cfs-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="d8cfs-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="d8cfs-0-0">I retained the same setup and aimed at Lyra, in the hope of getting some meteors. If I didn’t, maybe I might have got some constellation shots.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="6lsg8" data-offset-key="cb06i-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="cb06i-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="cb06i-0-0">
</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="6lsg8" data-offset-key="1283l-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="1283l-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="1283l-0-0">I stacked the first 40 frames to get an image of Lyra.</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="6lsg8" data-offset-key="4ofml-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="4ofml-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="4ofml-0-0">
</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="6lsg8" data-offset-key="3rifg-0-0" style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 400; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="public-DraftStyleDefault-block public-DraftStyleDefault-ltr" data-offset-key="3rifg-0-0" style="direction: ltr; overflow: hidden; padding-bottom: 2px; padding-top: 2px; position: relative;"><span style="color: #1d9bf0;">https://www.flickr.com/photos/philippughastronomer/52899860272/in/dateposted-public/</span></div></div></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 13th 2240 GMT Venus and Mars</h3><div style="text-align: left;">I had taken a photo of Venus with Mars and Pollux, the brightest star in Gemini, 3 days before using my phone camera. This time, I used my chosen method, my DSLR camera. I used 35mm focal length, ISO 800 and 15 seconds exposure. I stacked 6 of 7 images to get this image.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGJEIwEWNMri5p1HRovBrD2qryZIKTrz8gpK5moPhuqeukCyzSt1l8SC5R9J1Ay5vOhBv21V4DqE20goTfxl9tN36q1-h_mUrWVepoSSa1p1XOGJVrh9SwzmU4bn6wu5oznDij4wM2vUiu9cwNn8KijUSgvT52jaMU0XQSSUWCp11jPW1PGIiWQ/s6016/VenusWithMars13thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGJEIwEWNMri5p1HRovBrD2qryZIKTrz8gpK5moPhuqeukCyzSt1l8SC5R9J1Ay5vOhBv21V4DqE20goTfxl9tN36q1-h_mUrWVepoSSa1p1XOGJVrh9SwzmU4bn6wu5oznDij4wM2vUiu9cwNn8KijUSgvT52jaMU0XQSSUWCp11jPW1PGIiWQ/s320/VenusWithMars13thMay2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3>May 13th 1755 GMT Sun</h3><div>We were out for the afternoon and early evening. The Sun was low in the sky, so I could not use my telescope. I was able to check it with my binoculars and filters and saw two sunspots, one large.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5LXjGNB2qkK2Niw2mqeaLVrhmv71u-wE7dFnCE5oj5Zh14GLPfa4s_Hv7wNjFoG5Smhd1ha_bPZZAOKm_bB0Z5X_jMrcxqkJ3I0045D9vdhEjgfIzIulVcrebnC6Y3NxUgblTdUYwONVLue__6_kw48Zm8kVsymBS3JV6DI7ggaOAqXcYca7Xw/s883/SunSpotDrawing13thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="883" data-original-width="751" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR5LXjGNB2qkK2Niw2mqeaLVrhmv71u-wE7dFnCE5oj5Zh14GLPfa4s_Hv7wNjFoG5Smhd1ha_bPZZAOKm_bB0Z5X_jMrcxqkJ3I0045D9vdhEjgfIzIulVcrebnC6Y3NxUgblTdUYwONVLue__6_kw48Zm8kVsymBS3JV6DI7ggaOAqXcYca7Xw/s320/SunSpotDrawing13thMay2023.jpg" width="272" /></a></div><br /><h3>May 10<sup>th</sup> 2110 GMT Venus</h3><div style="text-align: left;">It was an afterthought, as I had already gone upstairs to bed, having an early start the next day. Venus shone brightly, as dusk was giving way to darkness. I only had my phone with me, so I snapped Venus at 10x magnification. The result, as was frequently revealed on the Jeremy Kyle Show lie detector test was inconclusive. The image showed a suggestion of a gibbous phase but was it just a "round" Venus gone wrong? It looked less convincing than my telescope and DSLR shot 3 days before.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaJRundiXDGKoefd9x3OAIV77P_ARfj5GtrtJRK8b80BHKYsbhownEyMv23ggx29YfqDeZWG7E2mk0qvSSLRwKZ01S93XxVqmnSqznhOvSvKShZcP9gm1hekOD_O1GmLXJm23qlFzsa98GrlgxdPNTVQKSf2lB_OPAV2QB34kA2T3l9YzETODCg/s1276/Venus10thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1276" data-original-width="1106" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYaJRundiXDGKoefd9x3OAIV77P_ARfj5GtrtJRK8b80BHKYsbhownEyMv23ggx29YfqDeZWG7E2mk0qvSSLRwKZ01S93XxVqmnSqznhOvSvKShZcP9gm1hekOD_O1GmLXJm23qlFzsa98GrlgxdPNTVQKSf2lB_OPAV2QB34kA2T3l9YzETODCg/s320/Venus10thMay2023.jpg" width="277" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I zoomed back out to full width. Venus was no longer showing a disc but the bright star Pollux (in Gemini) showed. Below and to the left was the planet Mars. Mars was near its faintest, as it was on the far side of the Sun and almost at its furthest from Earth,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnPBQZ28joLE89z_YuboHO8mKkTRaM4x8xAIK6S5hVbvWv3BW1epw63wchDYW28kKEawScAq9dqLjdmFw6Xne7V3WPinRyqtVouq1D0nRwIXUYCd8Qkc4EHLcqvsP7R4_1uvof-MZA8XSdS4ZOlXi0t58A6zMIK0WZG1edont0IOaVoL4WQ5U-Og/s3817/VenusWithPolluxAndMars10thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2376" data-original-width="3817" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnPBQZ28joLE89z_YuboHO8mKkTRaM4x8xAIK6S5hVbvWv3BW1epw63wchDYW28kKEawScAq9dqLjdmFw6Xne7V3WPinRyqtVouq1D0nRwIXUYCd8Qkc4EHLcqvsP7R4_1uvof-MZA8XSdS4ZOlXi0t58A6zMIK0WZG1edont0IOaVoL4WQ5U-Og/s320/VenusWithPolluxAndMars10thMay2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 10<sup>th</sup> 0540 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The feeling of the Sun’s rays in the morning can be as
invigorating as half a cup of coffee, well maybe a quarter. This is especially
true if one happens to be a keen amateur astronomer with a special interest in
the Sun. I saw several sunspots, with one rather large one through my
binoculars and filters.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnUZvC-30DpW_alrQ-lzEeCrZRdSJUrkvUvWV-nO3o0tYEtQCUopJznn29noKBpI0ZjrqEOkR2DV5if5Dsi6-_Xj-tuKoQlNb6VRKHtstV7EsnT3yrT6kH0W94pCMDGHQj9Qn_Li7keVxDH9E6aFqxHcOvqNgPsg_9Yd3Nk1bvdkLyBirkiL2dw/s897/SunSpotDrawing10thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="752" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVnUZvC-30DpW_alrQ-lzEeCrZRdSJUrkvUvWV-nO3o0tYEtQCUopJznn29noKBpI0ZjrqEOkR2DV5if5Dsi6-_Xj-tuKoQlNb6VRKHtstV7EsnT3yrT6kH0W94pCMDGHQj9Qn_Li7keVxDH9E6aFqxHcOvqNgPsg_9Yd3Nk1bvdkLyBirkiL2dw/s320/SunSpotDrawing10thMay2023.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 7<sup>th</sup> 2005 GMT Venus</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif">It was barely dusk and Venus was high in the
west. I snapped it with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO100 and 1/100
second exposure.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1iIF-R8QKhVGtX09FQkYZJ-O1ZT_ENnsfvcSoJsZu7GoIenOVhiZUkpBe2exnX8Wtirz_iiFgiWj89GRF4rgkKZFLI30Ldxc3LLoAEPQ6IVTapyVQqh0QPIgfoYrRWyRXIKC6eXJzTsS3nBPrlS4VxKVPONahMpIopCHsjwjrK-JsCkPMOlWnA/s512/Venus7thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="495" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1iIF-R8QKhVGtX09FQkYZJ-O1ZT_ENnsfvcSoJsZu7GoIenOVhiZUkpBe2exnX8Wtirz_iiFgiWj89GRF4rgkKZFLI30Ldxc3LLoAEPQ6IVTapyVQqh0QPIgfoYrRWyRXIKC6eXJzTsS3nBPrlS4VxKVPONahMpIopCHsjwjrK-JsCkPMOlWnA/s320/Venus7thMay2023.jpg" width="309" /></a></div><br /><h3><br /></h3><h3>May 7<sup>th</sup> 1125 GMT Sun</h3><div style="text-align: left;">I was due to miss the best of the solar viewing, so I had to do what I could under the worse viewing conditions at lunchtime. I bin scanned the Sun through moving cloud. I saw a single large sunspot.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnG2QI2BpsJ98erIklBgnNIgTTKk6hpVyBs7X6xF_RV43PMrb1uVMc9lYROhQKlKU2fg1aK2o7knayO7QXj-r9iDK88O9OqxNKeX0yw7NiJ9icxBnqkd3YFhdfZSwjGsX7vGGkM2wVdGIKarauPBoMoExQSCvmJUl1RTevQEdQS8Q0JMPgFZEFQ/s882/SunSpotDrawing7thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="729" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqnG2QI2BpsJ98erIklBgnNIgTTKk6hpVyBs7X6xF_RV43PMrb1uVMc9lYROhQKlKU2fg1aK2o7knayO7QXj-r9iDK88O9OqxNKeX0yw7NiJ9icxBnqkd3YFhdfZSwjGsX7vGGkM2wVdGIKarauPBoMoExQSCvmJUl1RTevQEdQS8Q0JMPgFZEFQ/s320/SunSpotDrawing7thMay2023.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 7<sup>th</sup> 0025 GMT Moon</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was a case of catching the Moon between cloud. I took
some full disc shots at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure.
It was low down and lots of thin cloud, so no opportunity to do much else.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc073YpPf7I4zw_1wRATmQXvcLArTGqpHZXLEAYE7BtLxl3XjcI852pQsDOhVkbuQ7815gzJgDEfU_CyI4nXYhM7266ZMpghVjy3BN-zc0ygEEIPcAAZLQem72IDfEqsim3qP535CE0k-ALyYbmRXzVNFXPuRNoiOIm38Xigo84l0l9UpVdGt_eA/s3773/Moon7thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3597" data-original-width="3773" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc073YpPf7I4zw_1wRATmQXvcLArTGqpHZXLEAYE7BtLxl3XjcI852pQsDOhVkbuQ7815gzJgDEfU_CyI4nXYhM7266ZMpghVjy3BN-zc0ygEEIPcAAZLQem72IDfEqsim3qP535CE0k-ALyYbmRXzVNFXPuRNoiOIm38Xigo84l0l9UpVdGt_eA/s320/Moon7thMay2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 5th 1935 GMT</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There were some breaks in the clouds but not enough to get
the telescope out. I snapped it with my DSLR at 300mm focal length ISO 100 and
1/200 second exposure, hoping to catch the phase. Fortunately, I did and it was very clearly gibbous.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeV0Bd4gO8u59xcR-mQIlO2p9jRkPgehHCI3QtCfxt_1skQIUl-4iwGMsZGeP7fsZ7Hhpxvcm7FAKpvw0GVaeJqVTK_QNbl-l2ZyzXj_oRMaoSXmI6RLwj4hcFd5GWtSfPR_DJsCrKp4Fs3k-Kkl2xepWcLgteCKN--ZodT097d0NRzEiJMR_9Nw/s462/Venus5thMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="407" data-original-width="462" height="282" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeV0Bd4gO8u59xcR-mQIlO2p9jRkPgehHCI3QtCfxt_1skQIUl-4iwGMsZGeP7fsZ7Hhpxvcm7FAKpvw0GVaeJqVTK_QNbl-l2ZyzXj_oRMaoSXmI6RLwj4hcFd5GWtSfPR_DJsCrKp4Fs3k-Kkl2xepWcLgteCKN--ZodT097d0NRzEiJMR_9Nw/s320/Venus5thMay2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"> May 3<sup>rd</sup> 1220 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I did a solar binocular scan from work and saw new activity
had rotated onto the solar disc. It was nice to see some sun after a cloudy day
the day before.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkKZmiBslQfFQGclIQ-mK5ogCCOYN6ut2D578T-GxmFHx-1qeCWNlmv1c6neQGRT6hvbMQ2xSGbD7O1Hu4UVS-63CBZ_hJsX3SggenwSxFrH481F_fYxCLkwb-S096ZnfJDt0wYWgJA7wvrQKe_pkiaDDmHS2QqqR7kWl962KQr7O2YCsmtBLgA/s893/SunSpotDrawing3rdMay2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="736" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBkKZmiBslQfFQGclIQ-mK5ogCCOYN6ut2D578T-GxmFHx-1qeCWNlmv1c6neQGRT6hvbMQ2xSGbD7O1Hu4UVS-63CBZ_hJsX3SggenwSxFrH481F_fYxCLkwb-S096ZnfJDt0wYWgJA7wvrQKe_pkiaDDmHS2QqqR7kWl962KQr7O2YCsmtBLgA/s320/SunSpotDrawing3rdMay2023.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">May 1st 1200 GMT Sun</h3><div><br /></div><div>The night of 30th April/1st May was cloudy and offered neither viewing nor photographic opportunities. The bank holiday of May 1st did little to inspire me either but a couple of temporary gaps in the cloud allowed me to view some sunspots with my binoculars. At least, it was a start to the month.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bIM9TqLn9PZZYbESMAScG_Z7ZXxNHfNai2JdNnuFmv1AXSBlT509YRTkvoNv8rjtabwx20bLOGUs7mA6S3Mtl3pdoR3EBTM0iDn_nc-JxfRd3h7xUPlYSVgHaDtgCp5W1W7Q12gfVa99On7GAc3HiQzjV8Ydzv_rL672L4CpxkQH2QLF8fsVlQ/s889/SunSpotDrawing1stMat2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="734" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5bIM9TqLn9PZZYbESMAScG_Z7ZXxNHfNai2JdNnuFmv1AXSBlT509YRTkvoNv8rjtabwx20bLOGUs7mA6S3Mtl3pdoR3EBTM0iDn_nc-JxfRd3h7xUPlYSVgHaDtgCp5W1W7Q12gfVa99On7GAc3HiQzjV8Ydzv_rL672L4CpxkQH2QLF8fsVlQ/s320/SunSpotDrawing1stMat2023.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-16842987467294644552023-04-02T09:44:00.045-07:002023-04-30T19:06:44.486-07:00April 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">April 29th 1020 GMT Sun</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There was some thin cloud around but I photographed the Sun anyway. I had left the ISO setting at 6400, so had a lot of processing to do. I manged to catch a few sunspots.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D7TCev49S1tRIkGNEbpcJ8dCdF2ZZ_yr9Wlvvf-yk4RnCVeDB_9TRvN0YwV6a-aZ1kGOqs3gjyIC7nsuCuQCi83bxmu3I7kv-LI3wdimmdfayU0WnX6Axj1agUf3_QAr1pkCz3eLc9y9lWk_RyPeCN4IOKA4m_cpl6ePAhq8x4EEd77grV4p3Q/s3806/SunApril29th2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="3806" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3D7TCev49S1tRIkGNEbpcJ8dCdF2ZZ_yr9Wlvvf-yk4RnCVeDB_9TRvN0YwV6a-aZ1kGOqs3gjyIC7nsuCuQCi83bxmu3I7kv-LI3wdimmdfayU0WnX6Axj1agUf3_QAr1pkCz3eLc9y9lWk_RyPeCN4IOKA4m_cpl6ePAhq8x4EEd77grV4p3Q/s320/SunApril29th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal">April 28th 2220 GMT Moon and Double Stars</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The evening was surprisingly clear but the bright moon, just past first quarter was drowning out most of the objects in the sky. Not wanting to waste a rare bit of night sky, the obvious target was the Moon itself. It is quite an interesting object and rather photogenic. With a new astro camera, I was not ready to try it out for real and I was not entirely happy with the lunar close-ups I had been doing. Yet I was very happy with the full disc shots I was getting with my Mak and DSLR.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I took a set of images at 1.54 metres focal length, ISO 100 and 1/400 second exposure. I stacked them with Autostakkert and finished in GIMP.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5BnC7U5Vu6ygc3oOTNQAY1l50WXJ3MMvOAI9-IDHZyRkwLjTAw-tJDkhRa6_S1wiZVnt9IboLXl-1wY1CflrjHL5EC5wA1p-Ua7s6bvZl0cjEB_HweBCpUoq9CrMdEYlJajwggp5Da0eHrCAPf_OEid6NmCHj8P6DBWocks7IqI_Rf8IEEaHfg/s3674/MoonApril8th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3674" data-original-width="3481" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC5BnC7U5Vu6ygc3oOTNQAY1l50WXJ3MMvOAI9-IDHZyRkwLjTAw-tJDkhRa6_S1wiZVnt9IboLXl-1wY1CflrjHL5EC5wA1p-Ua7s6bvZl0cjEB_HweBCpUoq9CrMdEYlJajwggp5Da0eHrCAPf_OEid6NmCHj8P6DBWocks7IqI_Rf8IEEaHfg/s320/MoonApril8th2023.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;">I increased the ISO setting to 6400 and the exposure to 1/3 second. It was a long shot but my first double star attempt was Castor. As it is a close double star, it probably needed a longer focal length, or different setup, as I just got a bright star.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Same with Porrima (Gamma Virginis).</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">By contrast, Delta Lyrae is a wide double and fitted into the field of view quite easily.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGTXNa80nn_slCJxdtub47WKNljcp7d47Rdb3RmmgCxxB1_3noTQaztDsMktfuG6PIyl3A2nMhIsryyzKJjoi6IKrmvmHEYd5b75zzsH7qd4bYXVKWGedLY0_KsS7Ia8IkVMSxfgmfmlOnJJP-1BPlI-UEEUYw8OqOkPOy6WGR7c52I_A84zqAQ/s6016/DeltaLyraeApril28th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbGTXNa80nn_slCJxdtub47WKNljcp7d47Rdb3RmmgCxxB1_3noTQaztDsMktfuG6PIyl3A2nMhIsryyzKJjoi6IKrmvmHEYd5b75zzsH7qd4bYXVKWGedLY0_KsS7Ia8IkVMSxfgmfmlOnJJP-1BPlI-UEEUYw8OqOkPOy6WGR7c52I_A84zqAQ/s320/DeltaLyraeApril28th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Nu Draconi is a nice binocular double star and showed quite nicely in the image.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkH6IG70SATasj2YHw-SFpExsYfvlp87TF4tp6kviR3wEHT4BzZRSGsw_KWQEvOWeu6aN5NpGt3AJi2r1ZWrP9T29GfubXmxw4IHZNYOExcKw4MBEQfgmjfhoetnmvNy1dLd4n3OSG_lna0uagfEgBw_meXrQUVjC56MlgZAHJN_18jtshvqgxw/s6016/NuDraconiApril28th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6016" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEkH6IG70SATasj2YHw-SFpExsYfvlp87TF4tp6kviR3wEHT4BzZRSGsw_KWQEvOWeu6aN5NpGt3AJi2r1ZWrP9T29GfubXmxw4IHZNYOExcKw4MBEQfgmjfhoetnmvNy1dLd4n3OSG_lna0uagfEgBw_meXrQUVjC56MlgZAHJN_18jtshvqgxw/s320/NuDraconiApril28th2023.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-size: small;">As expected, I did not capture the Ring Nebula on camera. That did not mean the effort was a complete waste of time, though. What, optimism from Phil? The positive was that I detected more stars, after a lot of photo processing, than I thought possible with this set-up. Scope for further experimentation.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrJo1a_08VvcDr5eatPfCVXUelB0P2x9iwYN8GMwe7dkrCnigoeuCstnNvBTNLTbStz9rXybObZXeJNHMamC35sQkgYjO-GkmBg1z39_Q0zbg6LXrgeR2CIjKmtHgPI0-bkhastDCtLPOoGcfglTiC3Tt6R7wozyIWI6YS2ssZeq0ER3bjDS6Hw/s6016/NoRingApril28th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6016" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPrJo1a_08VvcDr5eatPfCVXUelB0P2x9iwYN8GMwe7dkrCnigoeuCstnNvBTNLTbStz9rXybObZXeJNHMamC35sQkgYjO-GkmBg1z39_Q0zbg6LXrgeR2CIjKmtHgPI0-bkhastDCtLPOoGcfglTiC3Tt6R7wozyIWI6YS2ssZeq0ER3bjDS6Hw/s320/NoRingApril28th2023.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal">April 25th 1950 GMT Moon and Venus </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The dusk sky was cloudy but I could see the Moon and Venus
in the west. Unfortunately, Venus did not register on my phone camera.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Further examination and processing revealed that Venus was
there, after all!! It is the bright dot near the bottom of the photo.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIVLV6q2RyV0LQW1DorbZw_vzYgRewilSKn985UtC2VSHyWJHw2-EkWvOL6JCOZF0vcU5AhC6wevsFzC0_hMaIH9lGnlY8M-bchrmBizZswZzKxmQ0aJM09UzCYYHchR8dqqXUzpB1cP_udolakYtTdZ-Mf1lmd9GXLikY64Tcos2-J-gDuPRbg/s2206/MoonWithVenusApril25th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1441" data-original-width="2206" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsIVLV6q2RyV0LQW1DorbZw_vzYgRewilSKn985UtC2VSHyWJHw2-EkWvOL6JCOZF0vcU5AhC6wevsFzC0_hMaIH9lGnlY8M-bchrmBizZswZzKxmQ0aJM09UzCYYHchR8dqqXUzpB1cP_udolakYtTdZ-Mf1lmd9GXLikY64Tcos2-J-gDuPRbg/s320/MoonWithVenusApril25th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">April 25<sup>th</sup> 1200 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">It had got to lunchtime and the predicted cloud and rain
failed to appear. Well not quite. I took my Mak and DSLR out and set up with
1.54 metres focal length, ISO 100 and 1/2000 second exposure, as usual. My
first set of images were affected by thin cloud.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Fortunately, it cleared minutes later and I was able to get
some clean shots.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9mGcvYW_vqdg5WCO8xJ-nVj8p3RZ4NPeaf63GO9KA2kzm3ya_Swp5hJH79XEVlRNzf9eMC4l-F5Dv-ma6TB3u_YimS9Jx2soXng4nJaT9ny1fwcOgQ2WHad_RJsD6SxEL17Y8GN2iPwuFqyCDwh7F6x3GDoOdGjk_dUp0SRB_uTn7oE18P-YYA/s3785/SunApril25th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3729" data-original-width="3785" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9mGcvYW_vqdg5WCO8xJ-nVj8p3RZ4NPeaf63GO9KA2kzm3ya_Swp5hJH79XEVlRNzf9eMC4l-F5Dv-ma6TB3u_YimS9Jx2soXng4nJaT9ny1fwcOgQ2WHad_RJsD6SxEL17Y8GN2iPwuFqyCDwh7F6x3GDoOdGjk_dUp0SRB_uTn7oE18P-YYA/s320/SunApril25th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">April 25<sup>th</sup> 0650 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">According to the film “Miss Congeniality”, April 25<sup>th</sup>
is the perfect date because it’s not too hot, not too cold and all you need is
a light jacket. Except that in south west England, it was more of a
continuation of March, with mostly cloudy, wet days and temperatures below
seasonal norm. With the weather forecast to be wet later in the day, I did an
early binocular scan of the Sun and saw a single, large sunspot, although the
Learmonth images showed many smaller that were below binocular visibility.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDVN2flOoxo6fwVE9-T1fCrHPx42pggaITNNtGqc9_-oMAyFtG2PmD_7oUaHCF_13US0DthjowQZwlBGWQiC1GXNLig8jAFUW1XvC-RbuOWdDDTzsGxpJuDHKmBAocxGLmn3_b09iHP2oKBO4K6iocV38iT37hlGQvPPUcj8dqtAutw95YatBMg/s888/SunspotDrawingApril25th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="747" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlDVN2flOoxo6fwVE9-T1fCrHPx42pggaITNNtGqc9_-oMAyFtG2PmD_7oUaHCF_13US0DthjowQZwlBGWQiC1GXNLig8jAFUW1XvC-RbuOWdDDTzsGxpJuDHKmBAocxGLmn3_b09iHP2oKBO4K6iocV38iT37hlGQvPPUcj8dqtAutw95YatBMg/s320/SunspotDrawingApril25th2023.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><div style="font-size: large; text-align: left;">April 23rd 2000 GMT Moon</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I took a quick snap of the Moon and Venus with my phone
camera.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></p></span></h3><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanHNyV9G7Z86sMTui_j9l3V_VUMl5OrwNpGPkF3zzF5a9z5vHoZwXbpPFYUCbF3QRE1SnCDVQ92kZzl3q-OavdwSvSpXT0qfYNmjCkuUFl4ifp6UHzDQgRKOJHBFKwNR9uK_p_u6ObnLnOzPHVa0duiW6xqoTXhORdzFeeGe91wn-AjVQAsrScA/s2563/MoonWithVenusApril23rd2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2563" data-original-width="2282" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjanHNyV9G7Z86sMTui_j9l3V_VUMl5OrwNpGPkF3zzF5a9z5vHoZwXbpPFYUCbF3QRE1SnCDVQ92kZzl3q-OavdwSvSpXT0qfYNmjCkuUFl4ifp6UHzDQgRKOJHBFKwNR9uK_p_u6ObnLnOzPHVa0duiW6xqoTXhORdzFeeGe91wn-AjVQAsrScA/s320/MoonWithVenusApril23rd2023.jpg" width="285" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></h3><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;">April 22nd 1140 GMT Sun</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">After a wet Friday, it was dry on Saturday but there was lots of moving cloud. I saw two sunspots that seemed about to rotate to the other side of the Sun. </span></span></div><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYU_oWUyyV6Y8FZd4fvropkA7-9iB9FID_8mbgI_ScG22jTB-ydYCFcXq-ADKLnAFPIkaRuEhL8fUguPO1T8_Biy7-RPzYwG7asgHeL7rGuT995i7J4DeS_QZstMOZI7fjqgu6dWzCxKodGuPtLeLQTdLudhsBz9HZ9gW8zpZRLiJVvR0kd3H1w/s879/SunspotDrawingApril22ndd2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="879" data-original-width="740" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWYU_oWUyyV6Y8FZd4fvropkA7-9iB9FID_8mbgI_ScG22jTB-ydYCFcXq-ADKLnAFPIkaRuEhL8fUguPO1T8_Biy7-RPzYwG7asgHeL7rGuT995i7J4DeS_QZstMOZI7fjqgu6dWzCxKodGuPtLeLQTdLudhsBz9HZ9gW8zpZRLiJVvR0kd3H1w/s320/SunspotDrawingApril22ndd2023.jpg" width="269" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">April 20<sup>th</sup> 1100 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I had a rare sunny day, with a very clear sky. Despite only
having a short lunch break, I could not resist taking a “proper” set of
photographs with my Mak and DSLR. I used 1.54m focal length, ISO100 and 1/2000
second exposure. I could see several small sunspots that I could not see in my
binocular scans of the previous two days. I took several shots, with the
intention to stack them. It was nice to get something exciting, for a change.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJt9AtdfzlOexp6U51lLt2ok2DqccnwpvXogm04OQpAyPSoQU6jyST0vBbdc0_ueR_tb-Mnq8x-LZpLDuv_r_ltJNLdmOEwCoPe7Q6G7045B9xy3CIrJ2R6qhjpW61PrtyM0WzMc4mzUvyubIJOHJr9ItqGGojqQuzxZoUe3Pxa8c8wNWb8s0jIA/s3800/SunApril20th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3800" data-original-width="3740" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJt9AtdfzlOexp6U51lLt2ok2DqccnwpvXogm04OQpAyPSoQU6jyST0vBbdc0_ueR_tb-Mnq8x-LZpLDuv_r_ltJNLdmOEwCoPe7Q6G7045B9xy3CIrJ2R6qhjpW61PrtyM0WzMc4mzUvyubIJOHJr9ItqGGojqQuzxZoUe3Pxa8c8wNWb8s0jIA/s320/SunApril20th2023.jpg" width="315" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">April 19<sup>th</sup> 1115 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The conditions were a bit better than the day before but
only a little bit. I was able to see that the two sunspots I had seen the day
before had rotated and a third, fainter one had come into view below them.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAP618m16NNUg9uJnCz2ffPKio6C1OvWteyg7DfF9AJtPjtW1jN66QTWlA8BHYEwGW_sRoAu9G0g-srUgKSC5QTa1SfgzXD3MUxDFlXeOlAMPyKjJEV0DjbuvbmWifaOHJOBaydrZerp9JJCYkYwkvoLrNHHLxWtsEDuq_Fsji8eQnecLlbGquQ/s891/SunspotDrawingApril19th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="891" data-original-width="734" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSAP618m16NNUg9uJnCz2ffPKio6C1OvWteyg7DfF9AJtPjtW1jN66QTWlA8BHYEwGW_sRoAu9G0g-srUgKSC5QTa1SfgzXD3MUxDFlXeOlAMPyKjJEV0DjbuvbmWifaOHJOBaydrZerp9JJCYkYwkvoLrNHHLxWtsEDuq_Fsji8eQnecLlbGquQ/s320/SunspotDrawingApril19th2023.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">April 18<sup>th</sup> 1110 GMT Sun</div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">There was some clear sky between moving cloud. I was able to
see two sunspots, one especially prominent. It was nice to see anything at all,
as the recent weather severely limited any observation or photography.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcgaUmNl-Bu8iCGN-8zPmcbhZ8-RBEVDjxTcR58JCh6t4GMh9WB0tFNhMM5aWJhD_oLlD3FkKaXP0R7oGAoiHMZJw4APtqpr8s8KChrNy1q0fklGb_zDW6ga_Ka-uBVvNFHqnlgo8YspmMRE552IKcYSbLhgkGy7Mkt0fnW05D_c5QXmxmLaNOQ/s882/SunspotDrawingApril18th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="739" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcgaUmNl-Bu8iCGN-8zPmcbhZ8-RBEVDjxTcR58JCh6t4GMh9WB0tFNhMM5aWJhD_oLlD3FkKaXP0R7oGAoiHMZJw4APtqpr8s8KChrNy1q0fklGb_zDW6ga_Ka-uBVvNFHqnlgo8YspmMRE552IKcYSbLhgkGy7Mkt0fnW05D_c5QXmxmLaNOQ/s320/SunspotDrawingApril18th2023.jpg" width="268" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">April 17th 2945 GMT Venus<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">After a cloudy day, the cloud thinned in the evening to show
some stars. Venus was low in the North West. I tried to capture its phase using
my DSLR at 309mm focal length, ISO 100 AND 1/100 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_e56ktEa77U60fN7QG1QWPBqDxemk43ZvFw5m1yOleuCRdajQWvyxRco9gUyB8mhw_dp0qikbu7H9BgsnTPOrLnZZGEidIbtzP35Y5lZ50m-doLbCjKHxJzZoDuVscFf7t6fO9GwDPetwO7i_HAXihLwPZXF8bEDqQ5HHPgtx4B6Rc3_q6U4JIg/s109/VenusApril17th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="83" data-original-width="109" height="83" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_e56ktEa77U60fN7QG1QWPBqDxemk43ZvFw5m1yOleuCRdajQWvyxRco9gUyB8mhw_dp0qikbu7H9BgsnTPOrLnZZGEidIbtzP35Y5lZ50m-doLbCjKHxJzZoDuVscFf7t6fO9GwDPetwO7i_HAXihLwPZXF8bEDqQ5HHPgtx4B6Rc3_q6U4JIg/s1600/VenusApril17th2023.jpg" width="109" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p>
<span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I also tried Mars at 1/25 second exposure. I didn't
expect anything but sometimes I try things that shouldn't work but do. This time, it didn't work!</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">April 15th 1935 GMT Venus</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">It turned out that this Venus session would be my last action of the day. The predicted clear sky did not materialise. I photographed Venus with my Maksutov and DSLR, at 1.54 metres focal length, ISO 100 and 1/200 second exposure. I tried a longer focal length later but it did only produced fuzzy images.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-wEARqLNINTt-sA830Jo80R8J1i2wl6A_B0bkQMoSjGKbj03xnWDIfOUp_H0cGv2Cg6E9nkfGgbmY5C52KwIOK-5BRmTYf-v87p0Nva3y6LBKjGxs7JvnzSzqZ95jKRmHDdAFmWOabeq9sV6EOcp_9qmQ1PQIErgf160MWCr5n6IoikDSilhtQ/s446/VenusApril15th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="434" data-original-width="446" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ-wEARqLNINTt-sA830Jo80R8J1i2wl6A_B0bkQMoSjGKbj03xnWDIfOUp_H0cGv2Cg6E9nkfGgbmY5C52KwIOK-5BRmTYf-v87p0Nva3y6LBKjGxs7JvnzSzqZ95jKRmHDdAFmWOabeq9sV6EOcp_9qmQ1PQIErgf160MWCr5n6IoikDSilhtQ/s320/VenusApril15th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> </span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal">April 15th 1200 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">There were some gaps in the cloud and a Binocular scan
revealed four sunspots. It was nice to see an active sun.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFXsfwaDkISEOhqxLJdf-dOInMm2zHOuMtrqIbTa8SWok8TWDyafCljrKIMMXW9yvCXcqbwF-4TkfRYBgSMFMCKrouDZjW_fnM0Ny6a-6Gnp0CJObdvN8t4x4NEwJOG-qPnEDGTZmrBbhz8WtiYYsGTNXuFi1-ygr5fEQSH2p9GZTbnyXShJEcg/s885/SunspotDrawingApril5th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="729" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDFXsfwaDkISEOhqxLJdf-dOInMm2zHOuMtrqIbTa8SWok8TWDyafCljrKIMMXW9yvCXcqbwF-4TkfRYBgSMFMCKrouDZjW_fnM0Ny6a-6Gnp0CJObdvN8t4x4NEwJOG-qPnEDGTZmrBbhz8WtiYYsGTNXuFi1-ygr5fEQSH2p9GZTbnyXShJEcg/s320/SunspotDrawingApril5th2023.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">April 15th 0010 GMT Lyra</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It had cleared a bit, so I took my camera out and snapped the constellation of Lyra at 70mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 8 seconds exposure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8IOG4axqmdi5EoswZpVLaz1hVzh8Ece_SdRTP5_NV76psGbXXzBu8u92Auapg3mIpaDm3Wm0MLLSSM4MrdHJ87webg4lvv09u9PBC4YNVuRjZyJ94m7cj4ycwvc84G9QTMb7MclbTjK6Z41u7NgLV8wBAyE94cdjKTKgSzMOKysI3MHU3iLIDVw/s6016/LyraApril15th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8IOG4axqmdi5EoswZpVLaz1hVzh8Ece_SdRTP5_NV76psGbXXzBu8u92Auapg3mIpaDm3Wm0MLLSSM4MrdHJ87webg4lvv09u9PBC4YNVuRjZyJ94m7cj4ycwvc84G9QTMb7MclbTjK6Z41u7NgLV8wBAyE94cdjKTKgSzMOKysI3MHU3iLIDVw/s320/LyraApril15th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>I then tried the Ring Nebula at 300mm focal length, ISO 6400
and 2 seconds exposure. It was a long shot but I thought I would have a go. I did not catch the Ring (M57) but I caught a few stars and a wide split of Beta Lyrae (double star).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCP_ChDnCr0dZhFMfgF_BVYwMdl-O3dz03E2anp4RyNXewM83SmDWa9zwzdRuYzhWQrf139Xj6RawYRu880htZVvLCEALNEXMI9I1Ud232Ax2TzSLKy1iy3kgJ7JS4OLHLY5aVFOEKkxjs4kbKTkxxr0K7-OAilc6IBJdW--g5g_AlpFTvm8kJ1g/s6016/LyraApril15th2023_South.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCP_ChDnCr0dZhFMfgF_BVYwMdl-O3dz03E2anp4RyNXewM83SmDWa9zwzdRuYzhWQrf139Xj6RawYRu880htZVvLCEALNEXMI9I1Ud232Ax2TzSLKy1iy3kgJ7JS4OLHLY5aVFOEKkxjs4kbKTkxxr0K7-OAilc6IBJdW--g5g_AlpFTvm8kJ1g/s320/LyraApril15th2023_South.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">April 14th 2220 GMT Binocular Scan</h3><div>After a wet day, I ventured outside. There were some patches of sky clear of cloud but there was a haze, dissuading me from attempting any photography. However, with night time viewing being near impossible on work days, I could not waste the evening.</div><div><br /></div><div>Out came my big binoculars (17x70) to have a look round. I started with the easier targets of double stars. As Lyra was up, I saw Epsilon and Delta Lyrae, although (as usual) Epsilon only showed as a double star, instead of the quadruple appearance, seen in telescopes with high magnification. Nearby were the double stars of Nu and 16/17 Draconi. Splitting Alcor and Mizar was easy enough, although I did not split Mizar. Again, that was within the range of my telescope at higher magnification. Finally Albireo split easily into its two components, although the colours were impossible to see at low elevation.</div><div><br /></div><div>Looking west, Mars had sneaked into Gemini but was too far from Earth to show any detail. I could make the open cluster M35 out from the haze but only just. The Beehive (M44) was covered by cloud but Melotte 111, the large open cluster in Coma Berenices showed clearly. I saw M13, the globular cluster in Hercules easily enough and even saw M92. I remembered the time I saw M92 on an exceptionally clear night and thought I had discovered a comet because I had never seen it so bright. A look at the Cambridge Star Atlas saved my embarrassment! I also found M3, which ois brighter than M92 but harder to find.</div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">April 13<sup>th</sup> 1120 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>There were some clear patches between the cloud, so I bin
scanned the Sun and saw three small sunspots. It had quietened down but I
suspected that there was activity on the side of the Sun facing away from us.
It certainly beat staring at a blank disc for months on end during a solar
minimum.</li></ul><o:p></o:p><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuc0Q6eGfvw1jzhOqy2lxg00xBoTWu5UYBvGZQdz6c3YXXEkpdrb2Vja72qpWoyauhi_nkQy_tO2qP-cTWU2JEapgozagTKLMgi3evuuhSIGfzDmqkAQD5bSKh4qOva6Ri2l77bVVYMfV49RBcSExXf_QEG1dcf2K-cPIENjJe6c9iG78URImYDQ/s890/SunspotDrawingApril13th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="735" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuc0Q6eGfvw1jzhOqy2lxg00xBoTWu5UYBvGZQdz6c3YXXEkpdrb2Vja72qpWoyauhi_nkQy_tO2qP-cTWU2JEapgozagTKLMgi3evuuhSIGfzDmqkAQD5bSKh4qOva6Ri2l77bVVYMfV49RBcSExXf_QEG1dcf2K-cPIENjJe6c9iG78URImYDQ/s320/SunspotDrawingApril13th2023.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">April 10th 1515 GMT Sun</h3><div>It was nice to have some good news for a change. We had some morning rain, then it unexpectedly cleared for a while. I photographed the Sun with my usual full disc settings and caught a nice chain of small sunspots plus one larger one. A bit of optimism? Me? Steady on now!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJ4xc56CFbLkUGmDAxeKPEoW1iqLQnm2pS-td_GLtjWihWwESSwg0u7epiSmch7Wm1xudAbseDbZ_vZPemJiTs8BOY2Mce1BdXETbq07Llz5MNhGdDAXkiujD6ni5_P6Kt-K2CiKTR5yoVmUQOpJZL6s3ebyvunfBIVdMSd5vl3i2VwzcdLxAvA/s3795/SunApril10th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3789" data-original-width="3795" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKJ4xc56CFbLkUGmDAxeKPEoW1iqLQnm2pS-td_GLtjWihWwESSwg0u7epiSmch7Wm1xudAbseDbZ_vZPemJiTs8BOY2Mce1BdXETbq07Llz5MNhGdDAXkiujD6ni5_P6Kt-K2CiKTR5yoVmUQOpJZL6s3ebyvunfBIVdMSd5vl3i2VwzcdLxAvA/s320/SunApril10th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">April 9th</h3><div>I woke with high expectations, as the weather forecast was for clear and sunny weather. Big mistake. It was complete cloud cover and it only partially cleared during the day. Readers of my blog will know that I had been having problems with stacking close-up images of the Sun and Moon taken with my Mak and DSLR. I tried stacking on features rather than the limb of the disc with Autostakkert. It still didn't work. Registax 5 and 6 ran out of memory, so I tried using resized images with the green data only. That sorted the memory problem but it didn't stack properly. I tried a few variations but they didn't work either. Was it a waste of time? In the sense that I did not get a result but at least I tried a few things and could cross them off my list.</div><h3 style="text-align: left;">April 8th 1035 GMT Sun</h3><div>The sky was rather hazy but it cleared later and the sunspots had moved since the previous day.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoFh-CcXkeB1rxZaUK2Fpa5a-CYZc2yoprUIkw_Jz2wA_LarSVemjNgd97etFRDc2WHGlCaOY_eygm5wAXGM3KMKns_mdqarxxqSzEH99xRRitzX7J-OVUeGb6K-mJifyPjKAOW9ZU693zn3QZuel2fjZ5e6xK7XVDxyJXV95DbusKs1I6KQqSiw/s3817/SunApril8th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3817" data-original-width="3789" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoFh-CcXkeB1rxZaUK2Fpa5a-CYZc2yoprUIkw_Jz2wA_LarSVemjNgd97etFRDc2WHGlCaOY_eygm5wAXGM3KMKns_mdqarxxqSzEH99xRRitzX7J-OVUeGb6K-mJifyPjKAOW9ZU693zn3QZuel2fjZ5e6xK7XVDxyJXV95DbusKs1I6KQqSiw/s320/SunApril8th2023.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">April 8th 2335 GMT Moon</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So it was that, due to the idiosyncrasies of daylight
savings that the date had changed but Greenwich Mean Time was the time from the
day before. Of course. I could have solved the anomaly by waiting 25 minutes
but I was tired. Compared to the night before. I increased the exposure time
for my lunar shot to 1/800 second or 1.25 milliseconds if you prefer it that
way.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2bIL_4JbUFlnAnyOMv7RqCFgvaLkUF1u7vpJHDzjKVASyzTn8lVpsM11iWhMTmk3sZfXA-Zx674KtqT5v2DnFzwQe4FPzMmFA5RQvN670jET1F9feBPVJbU_S4ggITrB_J6wEsfQHCTUu7wBvzBtqveB9JmfEwExQQUYsHdGfglBir1Gbw8GGw/s3674/MoonApril8th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3674" data-original-width="3481" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEia2bIL_4JbUFlnAnyOMv7RqCFgvaLkUF1u7vpJHDzjKVASyzTn8lVpsM11iWhMTmk3sZfXA-Zx674KtqT5v2DnFzwQe4FPzMmFA5RQvN670jET1F9feBPVJbU_S4ggITrB_J6wEsfQHCTUu7wBvzBtqveB9JmfEwExQQUYsHdGfglBir1Gbw8GGw/s320/MoonApril8th2023.jpg" width="303" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">April 7<sup>th</sup> 0920 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was a rare day of bright sunshine and I took a full disc
solar shot with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/1000
second exposure., as usual. There was some minor activity on the Sun, rather
than the more recent spotty solar disc.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOOvRJJ8j3MEIi0rxSqfg49SaM3x15S-T6vtIEeglvczoeFy7-sJNNtXuwTX2TK4StJIXmUbzIeonfnlpJfoQ4Dk2k7fbgn0j6F84HpFXqD3gvcBbP1okfTcGu7D6ukumIFbD3EFMQjMFNr6HG87APZdaI5Y49YieduF7ZJUJ4NYt__rfCZoffJA/s3785/SunApril7th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3746" data-original-width="3785" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOOvRJJ8j3MEIi0rxSqfg49SaM3x15S-T6vtIEeglvczoeFy7-sJNNtXuwTX2TK4StJIXmUbzIeonfnlpJfoQ4Dk2k7fbgn0j6F84HpFXqD3gvcBbP1okfTcGu7D6ukumIFbD3EFMQjMFNr6HG87APZdaI5Y49YieduF7ZJUJ4NYt__rfCZoffJA/s320/SunApril7th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">April 6<sup>th</sup> 2215 GMT Moon</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">After a day that weather forecasters have termed
“changeable”, since I first remember seeing them on the gogglebox, it finally
cleared to reveal a moon that was just past the full phase and a haze that was
scattering its light. Nothing else showed. Although Mars had not set, it was
too far to show a decent image except in the large professional observatories.
So the Moon it was. My original intention was to catch some full disc shots and
leave it at that. Yet, I decided to revisit an old idea, which was to take some
regional shots of the Moon with my 2x Barlow lens, instead of my usual 3x
Barlow.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The first set of shots was with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m
focal length, ISO 100 and 1/1000 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIZGZ3C5hI9DIaT8ljfpVStxbLSHPKZ86z1GItfgnbrD2SgM4zy1QA7ahR8dmse-EtkTvZXOr00dbz-ojDii5L88OxDdKw9kAj4pxDn0ZYRf1cUvbR7dEex6-Ow60m1iV6_h_JoQzmBOpZlRV65BLBApLrqE_DWx40d6GfvHiJWA98EmdCrzKKQ/s3663/MoonApril6th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3663" data-original-width="3658" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIZGZ3C5hI9DIaT8ljfpVStxbLSHPKZ86z1GItfgnbrD2SgM4zy1QA7ahR8dmse-EtkTvZXOr00dbz-ojDii5L88OxDdKw9kAj4pxDn0ZYRf1cUvbR7dEex6-Ow60m1iV6_h_JoQzmBOpZlRV65BLBApLrqE_DWx40d6GfvHiJWA98EmdCrzKKQ/s320/MoonApril6th2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I took further sets of shots at 3.08m focal length, ISO 100
and 1/250 second exposure, although I later thought I should have used 1/200
second exposure instead.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The first set of close-up shots did not stack, so I processed a single frame to show Grimaldi and part of Kepler.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoH9Z7LT2hAsU4uzzokEw1bd6EjwCFYpY4SQM3s9c84l16bm4wEkZuxzg4WsPP78FCeSj3Vtsi6qsssQWotMYSw4Z2PTxqTZxmeceuBz47Zr5dobMuX-xt2fOC3ABTCPrhAarr0vnU4KG3xGF5alwSVzBphoq-fL-kqnXzhQBDKXAuj2vKn94Ilg/s2662/MoonApril6th2023_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2624" data-original-width="2662" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoH9Z7LT2hAsU4uzzokEw1bd6EjwCFYpY4SQM3s9c84l16bm4wEkZuxzg4WsPP78FCeSj3Vtsi6qsssQWotMYSw4Z2PTxqTZxmeceuBz47Zr5dobMuX-xt2fOC3ABTCPrhAarr0vnU4KG3xGF5alwSVzBphoq-fL-kqnXzhQBDKXAuj2vKn94Ilg/s320/MoonApril6th2023_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">The second set of close-ups caught Tyco and its rays but, again, I processed a single shot.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYD9tLzalASNH1cCmkEo7VraXFEBh9rWlaga9aE2cz_ZMBhNorgCPGa8UPMXH-mmvUOOGATLKlteoEVSyznzldaErOJd_IWiQv-P7RHSCSsE2iCf9KcPuLTt7wsRvPEIvoGWxw1Za0NbZpIsJdkp2eFLwnGSWWjhIIJiu4HAJ7uDkWk7jFQyMCsw/s4460/MoonApril6th2023_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4460" data-original-width="3372" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYD9tLzalASNH1cCmkEo7VraXFEBh9rWlaga9aE2cz_ZMBhNorgCPGa8UPMXH-mmvUOOGATLKlteoEVSyznzldaErOJd_IWiQv-P7RHSCSsE2iCf9KcPuLTt7wsRvPEIvoGWxw1Za0NbZpIsJdkp2eFLwnGSWWjhIIJiu4HAJ7uDkWk7jFQyMCsw/s320/MoonApril6th2023_03.jpg" width="242" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I caught the region to the right of Tycho, showing several rays.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99-erBrsXlCL-86Y6ehJh0WUMXF0tnKQB6FKviOv83gwttTf1w_OnU7zJOcN0llOIBr_9orKRRF7k7bnF7sixZ6R-sazbS6KWaQoRw4rQDkpD4TqPB_-0HDYnzSmpuREeR2BZTYsrXdsC8dPq3aoaHakoKtDRsh6rNcVT5u1tQa2EpD2ROgD-Cg/s3234/MoonApril6th2023_04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2844" data-original-width="3234" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh99-erBrsXlCL-86Y6ehJh0WUMXF0tnKQB6FKviOv83gwttTf1w_OnU7zJOcN0llOIBr_9orKRRF7k7bnF7sixZ6R-sazbS6KWaQoRw4rQDkpD4TqPB_-0HDYnzSmpuREeR2BZTYsrXdsC8dPq3aoaHakoKtDRsh6rNcVT5u1tQa2EpD2ROgD-Cg/s320/MoonApril6th2023_04.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">By that time, I had given up on stacking and the next set of images showed Mare Crisium.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5QVI-UgelMtCwTVzsI9rq_nwH9dwTUZ-_XXIQ3I5OaEZQjb_ifYoyxGBo3cgExA_EZKM9jnRMyk_KptTji8jvzBZyvDJHnI61d_DagNhsnN_EFPcbmsZa0Oe5er7e2M_fex0Rbqrlwm4eVYnKBuzFeivH-_bLV-ev0D8nMVtWQ-hRw7LaJx6Bg/s3971/MoonApril6th2023_05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3971" data-original-width="2772" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB5QVI-UgelMtCwTVzsI9rq_nwH9dwTUZ-_XXIQ3I5OaEZQjb_ifYoyxGBo3cgExA_EZKM9jnRMyk_KptTji8jvzBZyvDJHnI61d_DagNhsnN_EFPcbmsZa0Oe5er7e2M_fex0Rbqrlwm4eVYnKBuzFeivH-_bLV-ev0D8nMVtWQ-hRw7LaJx6Bg/s320/MoonApril6th2023_05.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Then there was the Sea of Tranquility.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivW0nk8fh5mgmvqnYJ-RluAACUnT-hroPQ83ITHn622F30DSV_XqfEGCVgu1g1ijmN4jEABEXSge6oBCSMMmXRtBS3Jhr4EXtmb2O6aI02Ix-j_ISSrc7iK2F2tgKRelbuocM-9gu-pHFkK-hNT8YK4ozuGsz3gXNHsZ7VrATq87kH_trMX92viw/s6016/MoonApril6th2023_06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6016" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivW0nk8fh5mgmvqnYJ-RluAACUnT-hroPQ83ITHn622F30DSV_XqfEGCVgu1g1ijmN4jEABEXSge6oBCSMMmXRtBS3Jhr4EXtmb2O6aI02Ix-j_ISSrc7iK2F2tgKRelbuocM-9gu-pHFkK-hNT8YK4ozuGsz3gXNHsZ7VrATq87kH_trMX92viw/s320/MoonApril6th2023_06.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Then there was Plato and the lunar Alps.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeFvMPWweHbjhUZB2GyBtox7Uk3caQ3VXKsS9X33j5la603RkYUeKYTEBIn7GrzP0YRsV-_DgeBBwfzabPusZk8ovudZ_dtTPIYohR8okaanOnyzrE_XVzSZ-wa_N2wpTXo_vek9AnRl9gkQKuXQwJy7yFR73ZrxKmiycnw0Tg5UuAbUWENhrGgQ/s3988/MoonApril6th2023_07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2926" data-original-width="3988" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeFvMPWweHbjhUZB2GyBtox7Uk3caQ3VXKsS9X33j5la603RkYUeKYTEBIn7GrzP0YRsV-_DgeBBwfzabPusZk8ovudZ_dtTPIYohR8okaanOnyzrE_XVzSZ-wa_N2wpTXo_vek9AnRl9gkQKuXQwJy7yFR73ZrxKmiycnw0Tg5UuAbUWENhrGgQ/s320/MoonApril6th2023_07.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">April 4<sup>th</sup> 0640 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I bin scanned the Sun in some rare clear sky and saw two
sunspots close together. Nice to get an image of my own, much as I enjoyed
doing the Cerro Tololo process.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMM6CnAg0kozWZfItiCQaKf5QC7yN81O1NeOkAsbtex111mjwhK6o7uuAcCrlAAI5tTSdK27-EoptMVBfhAcNjyhhs8PWikTffZBHf0b2uCFDkgelLUYigP-NbPR5_rD1YBvagvYrqgZzlXTxcSrWs6eCZ2ei_iaibUL5fby2oSK13xJHPu6pabQ/s895/SunspotDrawingApril4th2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="895" data-original-width="742" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMM6CnAg0kozWZfItiCQaKf5QC7yN81O1NeOkAsbtex111mjwhK6o7uuAcCrlAAI5tTSdK27-EoptMVBfhAcNjyhhs8PWikTffZBHf0b2uCFDkgelLUYigP-NbPR5_rD1YBvagvYrqgZzlXTxcSrWs6eCZ2ei_iaibUL5fby2oSK13xJHPu6pabQ/s320/SunspotDrawingApril4th2023.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">April 3rd Professional Observatory Shot taken at 1834 GMT at Cerro Tololo</h3><div>Another experiment I had thought about doing was to try processing professional observatory images. In this case I used a solar image from the Cerro Tololo solar observatory in Chile. I applied the usual techniques that I used on my own solar images. This looked rather promising, given that the Sun was very quiet the previous day. The sunspots were probably borderline for my Mak and DSLR.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippUHzv-dW12qs3sDqvHdgAUeuXLmXNKGK-8EQPjO5WLQnljctrx2yftCPT3-Fsy6WopH1W9cl4tl_Qp05kvnqJ8vXWXjtgUibAI3x35YpjsiQrLobVpnI92jUOXpmMksat5w_Sm3tc5cxOwkcJUnxOPMWK5OVeSMcfUgZsl8kWrpL02V71FbubA/s779/SunCerroTololoApril3rd2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="779" data-original-width="774" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEippUHzv-dW12qs3sDqvHdgAUeuXLmXNKGK-8EQPjO5WLQnljctrx2yftCPT3-Fsy6WopH1W9cl4tl_Qp05kvnqJ8vXWXjtgUibAI3x35YpjsiQrLobVpnI92jUOXpmMksat5w_Sm3tc5cxOwkcJUnxOPMWK5OVeSMcfUgZsl8kWrpL02V71FbubA/s320/SunCerroTololoApril3rd2023.jpg" width="318" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">April 2nd 1510 GMT Sun</h3><div><br /></div><div>The Sun was shining, for as change, so I tried to snap it with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/250 second exposure. I did not capture anything. I also tried using my camera phone with a Baader filter and high zoom but that didn't work either.</div><div><br /></div><div>A bin scan and a look at the SOHO images confirmed the worst! There were just three sunspots, with only one being of borderline visibility in my Maksutov. The Sun wasn't actually quiet as such. The activity was on the other side. Now if I could turn Earth 180 degrees through its orbit...</div>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-47408097933774847052023-03-07T09:37:00.016-08:002023-03-31T15:30:18.934-07:00March 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">March 30<sup>th</sup> 1120 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It now seems that April showers have now moved to March,
with recent climate change. Despite a very wet and cloudy morning, there was a
clear spell at lunchtime. With a bad back and hips, I was unable to carry my
telescope, so a binocular scan it was and I saw two sunspots, rather down from
previous days. Still, at the time, I was grateful to get a look at anything
outside Earth’s atmosphere.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_RXfoYZ_0LCC7su_kZC7yv_9-rIzBp9k6OUHbU4Ipj7Q3UVS3or7Ec7g6JRYiPGkFSTmR8QVne6DUdswPWI_r4pZKz2N2gzz2eI358Ege0BGgxcRH-8bK_jAycXTmqu62xFI5a4Z9k0KbG9Q6S5TVFE8-5jsK3lsSyKFkIAJaq19YWJZ3HgKCg/s888/Sunspot_Drawing_March30_2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="730" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6_RXfoYZ_0LCC7su_kZC7yv_9-rIzBp9k6OUHbU4Ipj7Q3UVS3or7Ec7g6JRYiPGkFSTmR8QVne6DUdswPWI_r4pZKz2N2gzz2eI358Ege0BGgxcRH-8bK_jAycXTmqu62xFI5a4Z9k0KbG9Q6S5TVFE8-5jsK3lsSyKFkIAJaq19YWJZ3HgKCg/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_March30_2023.jpg" width="263" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">March 27th 1915 GMT Moon and Mars<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The moon was close to Mars in the dusk sky. I zoomed in ten
times on my phone camera but left the other settings at default. I was not
happy with the presentation of the Moon but it was nice to capture something on
my camera phone, despite my residual cynicism about them.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWe1LuPzuo6Rz7syf8X2LJp3z0Sv4cNYYj6xoFl0ANPrKThCCQgZMK8Gx6RsvNboBTkVNwgLZybSUqWM66UkKPZPSLzeLe6h1371U9a3YnwRA3kpZKL6lm5B0xwvDcPZz8RtY5uLnZq7XfL5uCBlxWNKfxQgwkYqfLF3jNrX-3JCZHZWfBwKcfA/s2328/Moon_And_Mars_March27th_2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2328" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQWe1LuPzuo6Rz7syf8X2LJp3z0Sv4cNYYj6xoFl0ANPrKThCCQgZMK8Gx6RsvNboBTkVNwgLZybSUqWM66UkKPZPSLzeLe6h1371U9a3YnwRA3kpZKL6lm5B0xwvDcPZz8RtY5uLnZq7XfL5uCBlxWNKfxQgwkYqfLF3jNrX-3JCZHZWfBwKcfA/s320/Moon_And_Mars_March27th_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">March 26<sup>th</sup> 1910 GMT Moon and Venus</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">This was my first astronomical session since the change to
British Summer Time. The day had been cloudy, wet and windy but, at dusk, I
walked our dog and saw the waxing crescent moon. Venus joined in the view, too.
It was a while before I got outside. I started with the Moon with my Mak and
DSLR at 1.54 metres focal length, ISO 100 and 1/100 second exposure. I took a
few shots, with the idea of stacking five of them.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0iNB2Dhk62S8FwybNB_XM7Wxw14STwVIsI0kvgLYRVNIMw6uEpRUcwDrH1qDBfNRo18tMZIkbrBctmX3T6gXREQqN1aLPDNjTtr-sY6DqX9zznRjObxDo4Rv2zVB7mF_oJc_5dAF13VNKGKtz7zKRgGIBVc4nX3_OfuW80HQSQLe16y6h6qv3fQ/s2965/Moon_March26th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2937" data-original-width="2965" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0iNB2Dhk62S8FwybNB_XM7Wxw14STwVIsI0kvgLYRVNIMw6uEpRUcwDrH1qDBfNRo18tMZIkbrBctmX3T6gXREQqN1aLPDNjTtr-sY6DqX9zznRjObxDo4Rv2zVB7mF_oJc_5dAF13VNKGKtz7zKRgGIBVc4nX3_OfuW80HQSQLe16y6h6qv3fQ/s320/Moon_March26th_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I made an amusing mistake when going in for close-ups. I
connected my camera to my Barlow lens, to reach a focal length of 4.62 metres.
However, I forgot to take the lower lens cap off before inserting the assembly
into the telescope! I got past that and set the exposure to 1/20 second and
shot away, taking sets of shots, with the intention of stacking them. Some stacks worked, others didn't and the results were not as good as I hoped.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj611ri_uHsaIBMsbwQCEpbefaThwcqKKZcniOUhA7KjoEM3xCeO6dE8EXn8H2qbFxTJGcq_dZ6rBPwCSgiHZbVEEXMHrspv3XtETtcUvtEsy5S-13l0FwDuvSSF_99zCP0Cu1JOwaOCOoevDIs6xWXky2WKV1ajAA9nZbJ9mMTydZ0d841CAfqYw/s5999/Moon_March26th_2023_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3531" data-original-width="5999" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj611ri_uHsaIBMsbwQCEpbefaThwcqKKZcniOUhA7KjoEM3xCeO6dE8EXn8H2qbFxTJGcq_dZ6rBPwCSgiHZbVEEXMHrspv3XtETtcUvtEsy5S-13l0FwDuvSSF_99zCP0Cu1JOwaOCOoevDIs6xWXky2WKV1ajAA9nZbJ9mMTydZ0d841CAfqYw/s320/Moon_March26th_2023_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcoHfjn-UEctdlci7YrJeUzEpkRuql8EjqHyf9xGGYSF_xYOeliigAdyOLqzNt2O3fc-LOEEU7ik8FsvKc_IxwAz28FWjHZ6kB8mHa8yLRr_5Dn8ezWgxcgDFsmcG6__DVbSpoaZJiXwQndvKUqi90KYZ3RelSux6F899jJqtuy-aGSkWdksByKQ/s2612/Moon_March26th_2023_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2612" data-original-width="1776" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcoHfjn-UEctdlci7YrJeUzEpkRuql8EjqHyf9xGGYSF_xYOeliigAdyOLqzNt2O3fc-LOEEU7ik8FsvKc_IxwAz28FWjHZ6kB8mHa8yLRr_5Dn8ezWgxcgDFsmcG6__DVbSpoaZJiXwQndvKUqi90KYZ3RelSux6F899jJqtuy-aGSkWdksByKQ/s320/Moon_March26th_2023_03.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QqK7no8IuFRgQxIjAXCMqXJiAa9lCda1BN35XgTWqdTtectc7gIacx7R8QrqHclbAlby6aqBYrEa8Sfrb8ctcCpCnxTZU486oq7c0noRBZ4WjzUB2oEXXpGSdl9junqM2TTvaE6sC1Bd4nC3q7s3ic-AySfbT8WWTZP0dZ-LBbcwn9xZ2xiKQQ/s4109/Moon_March26th_2023_04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3861" data-original-width="4109" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8QqK7no8IuFRgQxIjAXCMqXJiAa9lCda1BN35XgTWqdTtectc7gIacx7R8QrqHclbAlby6aqBYrEa8Sfrb8ctcCpCnxTZU486oq7c0noRBZ4WjzUB2oEXXpGSdl9junqM2TTvaE6sC1Bd4nC3q7s3ic-AySfbT8WWTZP0dZ-LBbcwn9xZ2xiKQQ/s320/Moon_March26th_2023_04.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3mHo4cUHnaiu7sR057-PR8mg3eKQb1OCXUyRUDpVkEzOYuQayv0WuFaJwdMum9C5cYhn0qlO5lWGJNfNTBZOAFLN2WIh5SndufrWxOUnyYR906kAx_4RFiHOrVB2ZQAtFnTgdNFCBjiXyxwNDtQMNqDbLpUyBBSbMsavyy3VbQ0JSZDSa464jA/s4856/Moon_March26th_2023_05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3141" data-original-width="4856" height="207" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv3mHo4cUHnaiu7sR057-PR8mg3eKQb1OCXUyRUDpVkEzOYuQayv0WuFaJwdMum9C5cYhn0qlO5lWGJNfNTBZOAFLN2WIh5SndufrWxOUnyYR906kAx_4RFiHOrVB2ZQAtFnTgdNFCBjiXyxwNDtQMNqDbLpUyBBSbMsavyy3VbQ0JSZDSa464jA/s320/Moon_March26th_2023_05.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeD8kDUDKw3he6fMpovbvkGhUgsdkWwZ9TLVAOswXEJCgD3ycf6-eOD4_cMPTPcDhR_4NkegAp7K-_vhMKyYnL7nAJDLGPuH2UP2sFDL7sVB0h0_u7kl7Un4MJtZRJ8YCBFO0I7YhXkEQLxTwNno9oBEPgEvNxJVpJJLjjzqUafcCfXHO922QF3Q/s5054/Moon_March26th_2023_06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3487" data-original-width="5054" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeD8kDUDKw3he6fMpovbvkGhUgsdkWwZ9TLVAOswXEJCgD3ycf6-eOD4_cMPTPcDhR_4NkegAp7K-_vhMKyYnL7nAJDLGPuH2UP2sFDL7sVB0h0_u7kl7Un4MJtZRJ8YCBFO0I7YhXkEQLxTwNno9oBEPgEvNxJVpJJLjjzqUafcCfXHO922QF3Q/s320/Moon_March26th_2023_06.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I moved on to Venus, which had started to shine brightly.
Through the viewfinder, I saw a gibbous eyeball shape, not unknown when viewing
Venus. I have noticed that the phases of Venus are not necessarily the same as
the Moon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXKcJkJNyKy_to2B5iir3ITUUweQsrYAq0sRQS82DtZPGSznWoPbGIJo5K4nfG9BNpspGiI5EzO0GjPdLRKFOh5LH35i9PwDKPSVJhNSuotRdckpEUCndy2ex7hOSuGPxwzvTjHSPyvnYCdppjsr6ADFD7rMIOGxxuuESkDzeyjerG_PwkQp6VKA/s1001/Venus_March26th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="1001" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXKcJkJNyKy_to2B5iir3ITUUweQsrYAq0sRQS82DtZPGSznWoPbGIJo5K4nfG9BNpspGiI5EzO0GjPdLRKFOh5LH35i9PwDKPSVJhNSuotRdckpEUCndy2ex7hOSuGPxwzvTjHSPyvnYCdppjsr6ADFD7rMIOGxxuuESkDzeyjerG_PwkQp6VKA/s320/Venus_March26th_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Cloud had started to roll in again. It had not been a
prolific weekend for astronomy and astrophotography but it was better than a
complete whiteout and I was looking forward to processing and posting the
images later in the week.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">March 25th 1120 GMT Sun</h3><div style="text-align: left;">I could say that this was rather strange. Despite the weather forecast, there were a couple of clear spells. Unfortunately, the first one did not last long enough to get my telescope outside but I left it assembled in the hope that I might get a second clear spell.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I had some false alarms but I had enough time to get a set of shots of the full disc at 1.54 metres focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure. Some photos were ruined by cloud but I managed to stack five of them in Autostakkert and finished in GIMP. The result showed that, although I could capture sunspots in binoculars, I could get a much better result with a half decent telescope and decent camera.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNljzMpSFlDkW9GnrVfd8coK-Mh3hJ_g8sFLU5OYyaSkZApRH9LQ8M0dJY25zh3P9i5KaORXt5Z8MFJ2nx9svmR4TFGibWPXZcN3zO0fyfWVmgA5uZjaofRalgLmUMB6HVfoLbkPyhyXp1tbf8j52knYDWTa9bDFK3hrbNjthIbQU8GtCoD_D21w/s3817/Sun_March25th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3773" data-original-width="3817" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNljzMpSFlDkW9GnrVfd8coK-Mh3hJ_g8sFLU5OYyaSkZApRH9LQ8M0dJY25zh3P9i5KaORXt5Z8MFJ2nx9svmR4TFGibWPXZcN3zO0fyfWVmgA5uZjaofRalgLmUMB6HVfoLbkPyhyXp1tbf8j52knYDWTa9bDFK3hrbNjthIbQU8GtCoD_D21w/s320/Sun_March25th_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">March 24<sup>th</sup> 0745 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I arrived at work in bright sunlight. The three sunspots
from the day before had changed shape and intensity. It was amazing how the Sun
could change in just 24 hours. It is why it is my favourite astronomical
object.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKGxfC9Zd3-jQLkKNF7-hkhjqtL-n8LIUDt87k21g8l-CQR45vIEoS8ShhRWuYRjKE2GyBwPRKh-LARg-kKybTPnPoWsI_BdAGpxw57H-Yy0Q8Fhkp0NRQYFX2jP5Kv5tikz6nHwydSPMlznL-zBXOHGaSozZQ_D2DUNaiMtCHMP_IldcYeFYa4A/s876/Sunspot_Drawing_March24_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="876" data-original-width="710" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKGxfC9Zd3-jQLkKNF7-hkhjqtL-n8LIUDt87k21g8l-CQR45vIEoS8ShhRWuYRjKE2GyBwPRKh-LARg-kKybTPnPoWsI_BdAGpxw57H-Yy0Q8Fhkp0NRQYFX2jP5Kv5tikz6nHwydSPMlznL-zBXOHGaSozZQ_D2DUNaiMtCHMP_IldcYeFYa4A/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_March24_2023.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">March 23<sup>rd</sup> 0755 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It came to pass that, on this memorable day, the clouds
parted long enough for me to see the Sun. As I was about time to start work, I
aimed my binocular and filters at this rather strange, bright object that I had
only seen fleetingly throughout the month. I was greeted by two large sunspots
and one small one, indicating a rather active Sun. I did not see any faculae
(bright spots), as I had been through my telescope but it was nice to see
something after four gruelling days of hurt, since my last observation.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNl8-GhuBaaOgs5PLhhf_d8djz32Zn6MZj4UKXTDzwWS5N6me3wtedQ9qhmOt1pZnxJ7tCEOyP5q9-J3WSq8NIJTuOYXbcLR4kGAfQ_yg-q1dsu-Xof6jMu86o_qKPuzJEtrDYW-IjN6ckqyRYZkelmK5gvZHOIWZmXHzdlrJMZz0eBE7S0r-wg/s882/Sunspot_Drawing_March23_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="882" data-original-width="716" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNl8-GhuBaaOgs5PLhhf_d8djz32Zn6MZj4UKXTDzwWS5N6me3wtedQ9qhmOt1pZnxJ7tCEOyP5q9-J3WSq8NIJTuOYXbcLR4kGAfQ_yg-q1dsu-Xof6jMu86o_qKPuzJEtrDYW-IjN6ckqyRYZkelmK5gvZHOIWZmXHzdlrJMZz0eBE7S0r-wg/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_March23_2023.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3><br /></h3><h3>March 19<sup>th</sup> 1020 GMT Sun</h3><div style="text-align: left;">March was turning out to be somewhat of a washout, whiteout and greyout, with very little opportunity to see or photograph anything in the sky. A brief spell of sunlight enabled me to do as solar shoot, on my birthday. I stacked 5 images to get a decent full solar disc. All of the activity was on a small part of the Sun, having rotated on from the far side.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtsHQG1-CAnHBtifLFUwXPS80aLqzNJmBM16OToO4yISX1Fjt2TvMkU7uOSY8d3XPIgbFdc1vXPU5QzyPAqwa5c_epVlZerzLTJLIjR85-RPBS7gBcbwccTJ_nGqqpQhM7t04AJYbhndI41xJ-audrHcyXEzUNxCxT6I-LrMIbzgsNIx9nge1RQ/s3883/Sun_March19th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3789" data-original-width="3883" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtsHQG1-CAnHBtifLFUwXPS80aLqzNJmBM16OToO4yISX1Fjt2TvMkU7uOSY8d3XPIgbFdc1vXPU5QzyPAqwa5c_epVlZerzLTJLIjR85-RPBS7gBcbwccTJ_nGqqpQhM7t04AJYbhndI41xJ-audrHcyXEzUNxCxT6I-LrMIbzgsNIx9nge1RQ/s320/Sun_March19th_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I gave my optics a good clean before taking a close-up of the active region. I made the awful mistake of under-exposing the shots, forgetting to increase the exposure time from 1/500 to 1/50 second. This was probably why the images didn't stack. Instead, I processed a single frame and the dust motes were far enough away from the active region. Underexposure, well, yes, but processing gave a nice view of the sunspots and faculae.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Ql31WZJ9l9smPBIg07xKlwKv2CcruUWze7Fyoi3TVCSY-MGdP9qlngMRsXD0kyQq6Pj9-P5ekcxcrwDoRVMRJHsbjj4BvJOxreZ26HNM4dpiflCSZMR1t9QmBCYPrHuOTbx25NCwWmj4XIe3Ehlk_0bnLGQPZenv8WmN5JhuenTWbfwnuWobaQ/s3404/Sun_March19th_2023_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2711" data-original-width="3404" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Ql31WZJ9l9smPBIg07xKlwKv2CcruUWze7Fyoi3TVCSY-MGdP9qlngMRsXD0kyQq6Pj9-P5ekcxcrwDoRVMRJHsbjj4BvJOxreZ26HNM4dpiflCSZMR1t9QmBCYPrHuOTbx25NCwWmj4XIe3Ehlk_0bnLGQPZenv8WmN5JhuenTWbfwnuWobaQ/s320/Sun_March19th_2023_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">March 14<sup>th</sup> 1650 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There was a clear spell of sky in the late afternoon leading
up to sunset. I had not been out for a while, mostly due to weather. I could
see just two small sunspots, which was 2 small sunspots more than I had seen
for a week. Needless to say, despite the optimistic weather forecast, I was
unable to see more than the odd star winning a short battle with the clouds but
losing the war.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Euc6iKJpcSzCLQ5i5x1snEHaf0ycsWp4XW6R4ZVGCo59_HPHBGWc26KdaHLbX-7XCdim-Ik8j6OQ2zuVwIU58QIDTA9Xqkkq_mN7U8NunB8e_5l_OruiTSujpVtwl3Z6eUy4ZS52QApDWmcoU-bJHBBWF7s673bpbbHJpiGOb_Mknl98FvQtzQ/s887/Sunspot_Drawing_March14th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="887" data-original-width="732" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3Euc6iKJpcSzCLQ5i5x1snEHaf0ycsWp4XW6R4ZVGCo59_HPHBGWc26KdaHLbX-7XCdim-Ik8j6OQ2zuVwIU58QIDTA9Xqkkq_mN7U8NunB8e_5l_OruiTSujpVtwl3Z6eUy4ZS52QApDWmcoU-bJHBBWF7s673bpbbHJpiGOb_Mknl98FvQtzQ/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_March14th_2023.jpg" width="264" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">March 7th 2050 GMT Moon</h3><div>There are times when I doubt my own sanity but, considering multiverse theories, there must be a large but finite pasts, presents and futures, where, indeed, I go mad. This could be one of them. Conditions were so poor that, at no time during the photo shoot that the Moon was clear of cloud. I stacked 3 images to get a "cloudless" one.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMHUvNbLaV19FcM4064v52prSflE9BKJ_nbA0V6ffS2NucFUn4WcATmWKI4dtkeZnqZtzqOoCbn2e4dml2zK5EBC1PpeTbeVbn1v8s1K8JkwhUCfF4FH3dExnug-lsLDWAclqQo5nvU5sg_xaO4J3QUIhy0RtEooxFnBU5oJBFTAAk17B6wkwHQ/s3488/Moon_March7th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3472" data-original-width="3488" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkMHUvNbLaV19FcM4064v52prSflE9BKJ_nbA0V6ffS2NucFUn4WcATmWKI4dtkeZnqZtzqOoCbn2e4dml2zK5EBC1PpeTbeVbn1v8s1K8JkwhUCfF4FH3dExnug-lsLDWAclqQo5nvU5sg_xaO4J3QUIhy0RtEooxFnBU5oJBFTAAk17B6wkwHQ/s320/Moon_March7th_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">March 7th 1950 GMT Venus and Jupiter</h3><div>Venus and Jupiter had diverged since the last viewing, with Jupiter sinking towards the horizon. I used a variety of ISO settings and exposure times.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvHA9CR1Y9f-GaeCp76fRVg3loymsK6qwaEQSaCGUMUx4h63ne8Wvfc6ZptQ7LvtT4ppgjtamOMaw5_OwcnlDM7V4rfdUgUsjmpMtuyRHzwbfBItiNWGAw4agQ8oleQjzB2FfTUg-xUYPP-5WbpCnIhiPBnyE8Zk8VXGnsfLERnCAwasgCnhiKA/s6016/Venus_And_Jupiter_March7th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZvHA9CR1Y9f-GaeCp76fRVg3loymsK6qwaEQSaCGUMUx4h63ne8Wvfc6ZptQ7LvtT4ppgjtamOMaw5_OwcnlDM7V4rfdUgUsjmpMtuyRHzwbfBItiNWGAw4agQ8oleQjzB2FfTUg-xUYPP-5WbpCnIhiPBnyE8Zk8VXGnsfLERnCAwasgCnhiKA/s320/Venus_And_Jupiter_March7th_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I also caught Venus, showing a slightly less than full phase at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/200 second exposure.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEX_EHDFGU02ff74KN2-Dsyi9m-6SVz6IML1DsMIehM9U4tfD5hrPuQWAz_Gr0a3QjDetIQgpQNhMyE5jfBeCGZK2E5COWVi5LWmOmJ2-T-B1Z7CN6O2x5bT2LwTIv5mT3yW8yXi5_Pu2U0TlUW0_S6CX3eVadMzwhE3_yPyqCIlshrhqYjFdMHg/s85/Venus_March7th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="61" data-original-width="85" height="61" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEX_EHDFGU02ff74KN2-Dsyi9m-6SVz6IML1DsMIehM9U4tfD5hrPuQWAz_Gr0a3QjDetIQgpQNhMyE5jfBeCGZK2E5COWVi5LWmOmJ2-T-B1Z7CN6O2x5bT2LwTIv5mT3yW8yXi5_Pu2U0TlUW0_S6CX3eVadMzwhE3_yPyqCIlshrhqYjFdMHg/s1600/Venus_March7th_2023.jpg" width="85" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">March 2<sup>nd </sup>1910 GMT Venus and Jupiter</h3><div style="text-align: left;">Regular readers of my blog and, indeed, my books will know that I am rather sceptical about camera phones. You will also be aware that I have made efforts to photograph the Moon that have shown the phase and no detail. Yet sometimes, we can be surprised. I reduced the ISO settings, as well as the controls allowed me to and ended up with something approaching DSLR quality, after a bit of adjustment in GIMP.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEK5VYg9TO-NTn5lfPyMCezojx6evla0bWAqRi_sZ4gWmWj4ZTklEEGg6fiF9GGAYtOYmGLOxkM_kCOsw6dcB6T3izcdeLf6NToTOnP2H1par4Dp2nG_IlOS1kyNHMpadUqhNM60gj0n_7FuMSEqGv_L64KOXaayZEKI6j474lyCeZclJJOcMFg/s4080/Venus_And_Jupiter_March2nd_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="2296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTEK5VYg9TO-NTn5lfPyMCezojx6evla0bWAqRi_sZ4gWmWj4ZTklEEGg6fiF9GGAYtOYmGLOxkM_kCOsw6dcB6T3izcdeLf6NToTOnP2H1par4Dp2nG_IlOS1kyNHMpadUqhNM60gj0n_7FuMSEqGv_L64KOXaayZEKI6j474lyCeZclJJOcMFg/s320/Venus_And_Jupiter_March2nd_2023.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">March 2<sup>nd</sup> 1630 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I waited until after finishing work to check the Sun though
my binoculars and filter. I could see two sunspots.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4JwFkHlf12gelWkt79hlpvs0782WduaLLzyCIDkNVMF1taKQIIiWimPHkATyqMqpzYWI4EyNhdjrYJbNM7GmRXhZcgmgiYPViXh-yLsi2207oWfuLiF4br_NwNpf2-buKbI6jRuQlofOTCOJlea4rSaT767kTwrqgEAxQYhm14arzuoE4QgwW_g/s880/Sunspot_Drawing_March2nd_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="880" data-original-width="729" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4JwFkHlf12gelWkt79hlpvs0782WduaLLzyCIDkNVMF1taKQIIiWimPHkATyqMqpzYWI4EyNhdjrYJbNM7GmRXhZcgmgiYPViXh-yLsi2207oWfuLiF4br_NwNpf2-buKbI6jRuQlofOTCOJlea4rSaT767kTwrqgEAxQYhm14arzuoE4QgwW_g/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_March2nd_2023.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-23618930382643974042023-02-06T14:09:00.025-08:002023-03-03T15:53:35.903-08:00February 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;">February 26<sup>th</sup> 1100 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The weather was slightly better this time but there was lots
of moving cloud. After a few attempts I caught the Sun with my binoculars and
filters and saw three sunspots, two close. I was hoping for a bit more solar
action over the weekend but, with the weather being rather poor during
February, I should have been a bit more grateful.<o:p></o:p></p>
<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0T6TiFgBhhLglR9s40SGMhKhwI1UiZ_PpNkDCrVSRnYZ3nwHtd3wYu2TeVfAtDetYhgcS2OTtk2zFRTwKn9E-wcZHIllHAE1YBzZLM-ZdGny2J82mnm23bvtAGjSZ2uQsZNzkctChM67QC_IEpTD7P2aBDdbaz0gwXnqYXhW3OvwYvCTvYKGeNw/s906/Sunspot_Drawing_February26h_2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="906" data-original-width="726" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0T6TiFgBhhLglR9s40SGMhKhwI1UiZ_PpNkDCrVSRnYZ3nwHtd3wYu2TeVfAtDetYhgcS2OTtk2zFRTwKn9E-wcZHIllHAE1YBzZLM-ZdGny2J82mnm23bvtAGjSZ2uQsZNzkctChM67QC_IEpTD7P2aBDdbaz0gwXnqYXhW3OvwYvCTvYKGeNw/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_February26h_2023.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">February 25<sup>th</sup> 2120 GMT Moon</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The weather forecast was good but the local microclimate
dictated otherwise, with plenty of cloud of all thicknesses. I snapped the Moon
with my Mak and DSLR at various settings, the best seemed to be 1.54 metres
focal length, ISO 100 and 1/200 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="text-align: left;">Various stacking attempts failed, so I processed a single frame.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLD36xA2wYnJcbekSqXYFppW_xm_pzzaPELOJC9S_Rty5fcKp5SoStiY4CUEomhtU6AsdvLhEnHHfkZsFHzDXIEDUYZGqevipLQYK8sL1lJKiTvBE73Pvv_PI5p67l3E_8sq5qShg39tJTl0j8wx6HDhEWUHqhdajb_n3JQ1MbN4MzDXzXhKh2Tw/s3284/Moon_February25th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3284" data-original-width="2816" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLD36xA2wYnJcbekSqXYFppW_xm_pzzaPELOJC9S_Rty5fcKp5SoStiY4CUEomhtU6AsdvLhEnHHfkZsFHzDXIEDUYZGqevipLQYK8sL1lJKiTvBE73Pvv_PI5p67l3E_8sq5qShg39tJTl0j8wx6HDhEWUHqhdajb_n3JQ1MbN4MzDXzXhKh2Tw/s320/Moon_February25th_2023.jpg" width="274" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3>February 24<sup>th</sup> 2120 GMT Binocular and Photo Session</h3><div>I started off by a bit of binocular scanning. I used the Moon as a focussing object. It was a waxing crescent and showed a lot of detail around the terminator. I also checked out the Pleaides and Hyades star clusters, both showing well. I found Comet 2022 E3 ZTF in northwest Orion. Spectacular it was not but it was great to see a fuzzy object, bearing in mind that comets reaching binocular brightness are not common.</div><div><br /></div><div>I had photographed the Hyades and Pleaides with the month before and the result was OK-ish. I started off shooting darks with my DSLR at 35mm focal length, ISO1600 and 15 seconds exposure.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD85bMMqIWcbvxPlmyyoqo28tnlWACfOcgLHMmtWxnB_Uid1MZDloFsbfiYpqPBaIo4oCczl0m7_rjq9aAwbHTj_Wf8L-GNj2N2fE1eaE-IIQfkS4HXv6K-dLrW9GuhRj31MnJCy7LeeECzHS8RcyDkd9gmVeUgpRSpS2cGqvd5SHwkFRmbP0zug/s3498/Hyades_Pleiades_Mars_February23rd_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3041" data-original-width="3498" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD85bMMqIWcbvxPlmyyoqo28tnlWACfOcgLHMmtWxnB_Uid1MZDloFsbfiYpqPBaIo4oCczl0m7_rjq9aAwbHTj_Wf8L-GNj2N2fE1eaE-IIQfkS4HXv6K-dLrW9GuhRj31MnJCy7LeeECzHS8RcyDkd9gmVeUgpRSpS2cGqvd5SHwkFRmbP0zug/s320/Hyades_Pleiades_Mars_February23rd_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I did a similar shoot in the area the comet was in, the shield of Orion. It hardly showed at all but I also caught something strange to the left of Orion's belt. It was probably a slow-moving, rotating satellite, possibly geostationary, or almost.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJcmfrJfEQ88XVBNDGQ3Zxirsop0nCFuvtUtGQL5akTLlVdJpfwcM94u3rFvCeQjsjF2HR07BPKvzsHNnnRkkGTRZ730Cp2b3XXTArcrYqigRJer-pgT_PiJXOzCTrTF9sURgubFF0YC1xDa_F_ROa4eYEYTYto8yxwDHTQ2N1089v386WajChw/s6016/CometE2022ZTF_UFO_February23rd_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivJcmfrJfEQ88XVBNDGQ3Zxirsop0nCFuvtUtGQL5akTLlVdJpfwcM94u3rFvCeQjsjF2HR07BPKvzsHNnnRkkGTRZ730Cp2b3XXTArcrYqigRJer-pgT_PiJXOzCTrTF9sURgubFF0YC1xDa_F_ROa4eYEYTYto8yxwDHTQ2N1089v386WajChw/s320/CometE2022ZTF_UFO_February23rd_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span face=""Proxima Nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #212124; font-size: 14px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #212124; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div>The next shot was another stack of images of Canis Minor. The constellation was at the bottom of the photo and shows a faint star near Procyon, the brightest star in Canis Minor.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Proxima Nova, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #212124;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Proxima Nova, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #212124;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL6Ri_0TTEvU0N9dxRYpqqQKMuVnHSlyxBieQLOHcO_Jg4fSSjSBXJux9uRWb0I59QgJgHG6dVBfxEVayWcamN_Y551pws8sn7xa1ztT1Ld2CQFq7VxlVzv9rxnqn2AmkI3wDHgIALIf2Xxj5aDg0j15exWGf7IYwznnVLskbYmkwG8evYOLlIOA/s4092/Canis_Minor_February23rd_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3157" data-original-width="4092" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL6Ri_0TTEvU0N9dxRYpqqQKMuVnHSlyxBieQLOHcO_Jg4fSSjSBXJux9uRWb0I59QgJgHG6dVBfxEVayWcamN_Y551pws8sn7xa1ztT1Ld2CQFq7VxlVzv9rxnqn2AmkI3wDHgIALIf2Xxj5aDg0j15exWGf7IYwznnVLskbYmkwG8evYOLlIOA/s320/Canis_Minor_February23rd_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;">The Orion shot was worse than the day before, possibly because I had too much star trailing to the left and right. Possibly I had stacked too many frames, having seen similar problems with Deep Sky Stacker.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Proxima Nova, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #212124;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Proxima Nova, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #212124;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkTR5r1Oz9paoi4Wn8ZDeE2i09uIc_trgfxuJpR1VnRmIGno4070gja1CY_QefpbuxynuyZLoUj5KF4eki3RYh9jGRcoVNspUsJ-mmvWk2b8O3yuCuKEuYiKB7ml99AWFeG44FFSmwCEMbrmsa16oov_qTieDd8x5JQwzhmBCFDISULXtcJLQCg/s3443/Orion_February24th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3443" data-original-width="2849" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilkTR5r1Oz9paoi4Wn8ZDeE2i09uIc_trgfxuJpR1VnRmIGno4070gja1CY_QefpbuxynuyZLoUj5KF4eki3RYh9jGRcoVNspUsJ-mmvWk2b8O3yuCuKEuYiKB7ml99AWFeG44FFSmwCEMbrmsa16oov_qTieDd8x5JQwzhmBCFDISULXtcJLQCg/s320/Orion_February24th_2023.jpg" width="265" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Proxima Nova, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #212124;"><br /></span></div>The final shot was of Cancer, the centre of which is marked by the Beehive star cluster. After that, clod ruined any further action.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Proxima Nova, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #212124;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWP_bzXMKusqLTyoVOc_Uvzz-_ps_niusb7k7l_3c946eTgHVIq3bI6ID4LLV1L3k2iUh9b_OaoR1zkUwIqqvW8sq6EqgCzL5nxdG-e4VP-Hc2LPA_lCdwCC5DZT4JSwdzNblgtnG-a-61HtUFx-r4le3V0U1ryqH3quLFDm0ujMhCBVRLzshirA/s6016/Cancer_February24th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWP_bzXMKusqLTyoVOc_Uvzz-_ps_niusb7k7l_3c946eTgHVIq3bI6ID4LLV1L3k2iUh9b_OaoR1zkUwIqqvW8sq6EqgCzL5nxdG-e4VP-Hc2LPA_lCdwCC5DZT4JSwdzNblgtnG-a-61HtUFx-r4le3V0U1ryqH3quLFDm0ujMhCBVRLzshirA/s320/Cancer_February24th_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Proxima Nova, helvetica neue, helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #212124;"><br /><span style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></span><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">February 23<sup>rd</sup> 2100 GMT Orion</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I checked Betelguese. Despite the colour contrast, it was
definitely fainter than Procyon. My estimate was a magnitude of 0.5.,
showing a fade.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I took some lights and darks of Orion at 35mm focal length,
ISO 1600 and 15 seconds exposure.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Venus had started moving eastwards faster than the Sun was
and was setting a bit later each evening. Jupiter was also nearby and the
distance between them was decreasing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This photo was taken using my phone camera. Although I still
felt sceptical about them, at least I made a reasonable effort with this.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckdu9mp1xo9VJROStlCkvcmy6yzfN5-yzNeG0ilR2EQcti80tAwI4CXkEpTd7XSRJ3ahzgKph2jI9oECXv2_r2ngg82XDOHz3Qi0Fq9r-SoPLYeOwZ2a6U8DSrGFHuNazFgJZlpJi5ExRGeggN8IRSLhOR-2ndbSrzU9z5sVcDtVtrzy7s5FYAw/s4080/Venus_And_Jupiter_February14th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="2296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjckdu9mp1xo9VJROStlCkvcmy6yzfN5-yzNeG0ilR2EQcti80tAwI4CXkEpTd7XSRJ3ahzgKph2jI9oECXv2_r2ngg82XDOHz3Qi0Fq9r-SoPLYeOwZ2a6U8DSrGFHuNazFgJZlpJi5ExRGeggN8IRSLhOR-2ndbSrzU9z5sVcDtVtrzy7s5FYAw/s320/Venus_And_Jupiter_February14th_2023.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">February 14<sup>th</sup> 1230 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I bin scanned the Sun in a clear sky and saw even more
sunspots and a changed pattern to the day before.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0MTD8ep7R5eE_y15BW8QZ9BOcCcIqKIBdVaRYLcf_S-I7BBf455pYMbkXarGjzlgdLH1-VuR2_SwjiBcUSkBJpwJIBKrEGgkoYVZMPASnzszhcgmMCfQE_PrGLzDbjPqKkkO2chVoixHSP5CCq8yvStEu1Gb-zuZ_84wXmN-qiUNlPSOATePww/s885/Sunspot_Drawing_February14th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="722" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ0MTD8ep7R5eE_y15BW8QZ9BOcCcIqKIBdVaRYLcf_S-I7BBf455pYMbkXarGjzlgdLH1-VuR2_SwjiBcUSkBJpwJIBKrEGgkoYVZMPASnzszhcgmMCfQE_PrGLzDbjPqKkkO2chVoixHSP5CCq8yvStEu1Gb-zuZ_84wXmN-qiUNlPSOATePww/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_February14th_2023.jpg" width="261" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">February 13<sup>th</sup> 1210 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>I bin scanned the sunspots in clear conditions and saw four
prominent ones.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSOXYLREOk-6d_TczOWAoex2YsLrN37p90iSQFSD1kJ8hHsGV-RVNe2J3_GqyLObR_R90PVMqNhW9l15fT3nZyFifp6Y44TdwhY46dd2W03G3nf8dbpUKPsur23zh05taNQxIAux5f4tu5yHWIP970dlZeMugTGY86CA-ZvzWccHUkXTr4e1JAQ/s895/Sunspot_Drawing_February13th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="895" data-original-width="722" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcSOXYLREOk-6d_TczOWAoex2YsLrN37p90iSQFSD1kJ8hHsGV-RVNe2J3_GqyLObR_R90PVMqNhW9l15fT3nZyFifp6Y44TdwhY46dd2W03G3nf8dbpUKPsur23zh05taNQxIAux5f4tu5yHWIP970dlZeMugTGY86CA-ZvzWccHUkXTr4e1JAQ/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_February13th_2023.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">February 7th 1750 GMT Jupiter and Venus</h3></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Venus and Jupiter were in the west. I snapped them
individually then together. The Venus shot showed a phase change and that was all I got.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMSHJ1lswNbmyZ7QIr5YXwtD-eG6LDBqkZTfmaRmatvlD9nBtH8cTF6y4YX1aYRc6iJNmQz65hqxXI_sjND4wuUT9bbzqgwq6HfeIcxApm9aaH6PC4r1GFGAMLXJrcBlQenSwcT--xHp5FnTTAcy0kYUc_V7XYHtdCm3yAFPddouI8-DlJ8yp00A/s143/Venus_February7th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="143" data-original-width="137" height="143" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMSHJ1lswNbmyZ7QIr5YXwtD-eG6LDBqkZTfmaRmatvlD9nBtH8cTF6y4YX1aYRc6iJNmQz65hqxXI_sjND4wuUT9bbzqgwq6HfeIcxApm9aaH6PC4r1GFGAMLXJrcBlQenSwcT--xHp5FnTTAcy0kYUc_V7XYHtdCm3yAFPddouI8-DlJ8yp00A/s1600/Venus_February7th_2023.jpg" width="137" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">February 7<sup>th</sup> 1200 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #212124; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #212124; font-size: 14px;">The Sun had apparently awakened and it showed a few sunspots. I took some full disc frames at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure. I stacked 8 images and processed the result in GIMP, showing faculae, as well as several sunspots.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Proxima Nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #212124; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvUBB1QHk2wRz00lQGMEdaq_HIR1w8Ks8jToDOw2ivmeijcozc0Z6kp8o7DHgOMtmMkveBYzyuAqnfecbR8BlDrrx6s0_x9kGqFuI4L_GJHyfNn2KB-lLDdEeXdS9aXJkyIW2YwSAVrtrqkVgg-bQQqjjl8rRBqZ2XAkKGY2tcF6EJ1Lq9ifzoQQ/s3850/Sunn_February7th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3823" data-original-width="3850" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvUBB1QHk2wRz00lQGMEdaq_HIR1w8Ks8jToDOw2ivmeijcozc0Z6kp8o7DHgOMtmMkveBYzyuAqnfecbR8BlDrrx6s0_x9kGqFuI4L_GJHyfNn2KB-lLDdEeXdS9aXJkyIW2YwSAVrtrqkVgg-bQQqjjl8rRBqZ2XAkKGY2tcF6EJ1Lq9ifzoQQ/s320/Sunn_February7th_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Proxima Nova", "helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #212124; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">February 6th 2100 GMT Moon</h3><div>The Moon was in a cloudless patch of sky. I had found that the file settings that worked so well for constellation shots were not so good for other shots. I needed to use Sequator or another (unidentified) tool to convert them to TIFF so I could stack them using Autostakkert. I changed back to JPG to make stacking easier.</div><div><br /></div><div>I took one set of shots at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/250 second exposure to capture the full lunar disc.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjtfMSbSOChCR6bs8-Lgn4HkMlhRTPtF6rnr2XNib2Knkx2hCHlrtAYWQEqAWINngu7PoZC-iFetPaxY1CIPcHbECzQVm79Vn_MprDS9k8JCD606-DKqVRFXUucyNw1Jafys_mO-hawL6E7sUdOudO8HiqHX4cCpyStMQpOeu7GyXrJwnTqb7PCg/s3504/Moon_February6th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3504" data-original-width="3482" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjtfMSbSOChCR6bs8-Lgn4HkMlhRTPtF6rnr2XNib2Knkx2hCHlrtAYWQEqAWINngu7PoZC-iFetPaxY1CIPcHbECzQVm79Vn_MprDS9k8JCD606-DKqVRFXUucyNw1Jafys_mO-hawL6E7sUdOudO8HiqHX4cCpyStMQpOeu7GyXrJwnTqb7PCg/s320/Moon_February6th_2023.jpg" width="318" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>I stacked other sets of shots at 4,62m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/30 second exposure to capture some close-ups of the lunar disc.</div><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately, the stacks did not work as they did for the full stack image, so I processed the individual images. The first one shows the walled plain Grimaldi at the bottom and the rayed crater Kepler at the top left.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTyDUOmn5AvJ_2vc7_TQUes8xhW_xIEn6b2k0CinPjMOs9O5sa1-Lbs4Qyspk8QY1jZZ3WGUd7MsmMdaKjYNnjOmvIyRJSybs0BcLSlZoGs_6-Qz5HdXUqYDVRUUd-jkiAwdsv6EkaIv2RQy3QsWkw6nvbONLIaQnXKbEWuMOYIVDvLtlBskKBKw/s4096/Moon_February6th_2023_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3982" data-original-width="4096" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTyDUOmn5AvJ_2vc7_TQUes8xhW_xIEn6b2k0CinPjMOs9O5sa1-Lbs4Qyspk8QY1jZZ3WGUd7MsmMdaKjYNnjOmvIyRJSybs0BcLSlZoGs_6-Qz5HdXUqYDVRUUd-jkiAwdsv6EkaIv2RQy3QsWkw6nvbONLIaQnXKbEWuMOYIVDvLtlBskKBKw/s320/Moon_February6th_2023_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The second photo shows the rayed crater Copernicus.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0GH_da-pg-z9kjMQaSrGE6CU-aQ0xRwfH-21ODdnzRcHRXPcPOSrzyXVmXmURQ9YYvDycdT84zstspocYXl2W_6Cd0S0QXdlImgylPRMXymx5efUDNnV5DMK1tljN6Sxghv92sQTVm19uvPZgPlX9euCltVl3e9sAJegRxUAh3-jbWZA-wI0SQ/s3020/Moon_February6th_2023_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2073" data-original-width="3020" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0GH_da-pg-z9kjMQaSrGE6CU-aQ0xRwfH-21ODdnzRcHRXPcPOSrzyXVmXmURQ9YYvDycdT84zstspocYXl2W_6Cd0S0QXdlImgylPRMXymx5efUDNnV5DMK1tljN6Sxghv92sQTVm19uvPZgPlX9euCltVl3e9sAJegRxUAh3-jbWZA-wI0SQ/s320/Moon_February6th_2023_03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The third close-up shows Mare Crisium.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiEQUGPNZ8egpxFymmSBF25FacQBRjRYs000LubXgU2QTDdZItd02QPfuJUQGcoT8d9o-KLzypkTtpnAz2NrbR_DF5F81JuL3Kb5NQdMOAbmkL4apaExckQGuLg1_fHCUwRY-7uxcMtGhkODJUobEIiBC2d5WqjR-HcQ63CICddfde17yQGwOYw/s5335/Moon_February6th_2023_04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3146" data-original-width="5335" height="189" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGiEQUGPNZ8egpxFymmSBF25FacQBRjRYs000LubXgU2QTDdZItd02QPfuJUQGcoT8d9o-KLzypkTtpnAz2NrbR_DF5F81JuL3Kb5NQdMOAbmkL4apaExckQGuLg1_fHCUwRY-7uxcMtGhkODJUobEIiBC2d5WqjR-HcQ63CICddfde17yQGwOYw/s320/Moon_February6th_2023_04.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The fourth close-up shows the crater Tycho, a young crater a mere 114 million years old that has the largest ray system of all.</div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAVE6YBOhhKSI6PRZ-0x7mo7k-p8fb3i-mA1_b6NW9JiCn4OtX677IvUblKANwBlXUJTHbbee9WGMzHAB2UjLiuvkWrJO6XlFsBHalPrac5I7z-zEFEaqaafbQZ5JVnl36eAF3rcSiiudcNFpsouII7ZXU1JnI3lDdb9qGqivf-0fwyZIE9PbeQ/s4740/Moon_February6th_2023_05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3558" data-original-width="4740" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfAVE6YBOhhKSI6PRZ-0x7mo7k-p8fb3i-mA1_b6NW9JiCn4OtX677IvUblKANwBlXUJTHbbee9WGMzHAB2UjLiuvkWrJO6XlFsBHalPrac5I7z-zEFEaqaafbQZ5JVnl36eAF3rcSiiudcNFpsouII7ZXU1JnI3lDdb9qGqivf-0fwyZIE9PbeQ/s320/Moon_February6th_2023_05.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The fifth close-up shows the Sea of Tranquility, the site of the first moon landing.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_yFvAlgjS01210oD-b3Bx2lR_10_SiOrTR-62Z_mux9kXo_CnU5ETvXK1nNgv4SjiKdxvthQYNF4vUoQyGweGjg1JTlrW_VwX_6NWtDTVUiajodvh7FGfQxkmQdy_H1IJQb8omJJV5TRuFY1wLTZvzentwLh69ltBHbgStKYMB2BtOCA54Fr1Q/s5451/Moon_February6th_2023_06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3432" data-original-width="5451" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio_yFvAlgjS01210oD-b3Bx2lR_10_SiOrTR-62Z_mux9kXo_CnU5ETvXK1nNgv4SjiKdxvthQYNF4vUoQyGweGjg1JTlrW_VwX_6NWtDTVUiajodvh7FGfQxkmQdy_H1IJQb8omJJV5TRuFY1wLTZvzentwLh69ltBHbgStKYMB2BtOCA54Fr1Q/s320/Moon_February6th_2023_06.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The sixth and final close-up is another view of Kepler.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVz9viSaecAFHP0N_mtpornjnqFJvYbZjF4sLFRVy-Y7kchTNg9Oc9Hvj1vpqd6zq9-TQeU7LfVXv5W-OBb7TMXQD3l6AqcrD9uUDMU852r036ZIe5z74DqcLFfi8NyW2Cw3nwsa1u0ggzm3DfjD7_6U3LP-L6sgAm9LkocfJ5RL17jwC9zf_x5Q/s5961/Moon_February6th_2023_07.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3394" data-original-width="5961" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVz9viSaecAFHP0N_mtpornjnqFJvYbZjF4sLFRVy-Y7kchTNg9Oc9Hvj1vpqd6zq9-TQeU7LfVXv5W-OBb7TMXQD3l6AqcrD9uUDMU852r036ZIe5z74DqcLFfi8NyW2Cw3nwsa1u0ggzm3DfjD7_6U3LP-L6sgAm9LkocfJ5RL17jwC9zf_x5Q/s320/Moon_February6th_2023_07.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">February 6th 1900 GMT Betelguese</h3><div>The sky was mostly clear, with the Moon covered by streaks of cloud. I checked Betelguese against the usual comparison stars and it suggested a magnitude of at least 0.3 and possibly as high as 0.2.</div><h3 style="text-align: left;">February 5th 2050 GMT Binocular Session</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was little over two hours since the full moon and
it seemed very bright. I had not seen any claims of it being a
"supermoon" but it seemed brighter than average.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The moonscape was dominated by the Ray systems of
Tycho, Copernicus and Kepler. I could not see any edge, or terminator, so
could see no other craters, just the "seas" and some lava-filled
plains, such as Plato and Grimaldi.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Elsewhere, there was little to see. The Orion Great Nebula
showed, whereas the Pleiades star cluster showed only about a dozen of the
brightest stars. The Hyades showed better. I saw the comet 2022 E3 ZTF but only
a very small nucleus. Like the other objects, it appeared drowned out by
moonlight.<o:p></o:p></p>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-53598077642161947142023-01-02T13:41:00.043-08:002023-02-04T15:46:26.515-08:00January 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h3>January 30th 2120 GMT Comet 2022 E3 ZTF</h3><div><br /></div><div>My attempts to capture the close passage of Mars and the Moon failed dismally but I managed to catch the comet on camera with my DSLR at 70mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 10 seconds exposure.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnJiCS4xRDASQPsEtYwoNOZWP6jHJdXI_psYBAV63SNE8EBe-YsgSRB4cuLyPQeY1NBgtKGRu0czKuiTS1otV8ShYiVudcPAwOdWWuTmu2l8MRQjqydbbUCVHxUWuDPxBN7AZhAUQxLIyYYN1YsGmPNJN7Vk0I4GzkfwDzp3tVNA7qcdJtZF-eQ/s4763/Comet2020E3_ZTF_30Jan2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3465" data-original-width="4763" height="233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFnJiCS4xRDASQPsEtYwoNOZWP6jHJdXI_psYBAV63SNE8EBe-YsgSRB4cuLyPQeY1NBgtKGRu0czKuiTS1otV8ShYiVudcPAwOdWWuTmu2l8MRQjqydbbUCVHxUWuDPxBN7AZhAUQxLIyYYN1YsGmPNJN7Vk0I4GzkfwDzp3tVNA7qcdJtZF-eQ/s320/Comet2020E3_ZTF_30Jan2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3><br /></h3><h3>January 27th 1925 GMT Moon and Jupiter</h3><div>I had to try the same shot with my phone camera. The relative brightness of the Moon and Jupiter was good but the lunar phase looked strange.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWsSt0_Xks8rkET44nMEMNwibd9kJTxh7W4oc6M7RUbBnqQ8MpbswaA25fJRnaatqwKwCkXcepxQWrEQkztWZEh7746-S4e4LtHr-1Vug8BBbNVcjxQMcy9-MR4DInRgusVw75ZpgfkQxx-2vmC0sdzhroIIx7Ce3yjpOnkv6SINu9kcSPNpA4Pg/s4080/Moon_With_Jupiter_January27th_2023_03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4080" data-original-width="2296" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWsSt0_Xks8rkET44nMEMNwibd9kJTxh7W4oc6M7RUbBnqQ8MpbswaA25fJRnaatqwKwCkXcepxQWrEQkztWZEh7746-S4e4LtHr-1Vug8BBbNVcjxQMcy9-MR4DInRgusVw75ZpgfkQxx-2vmC0sdzhroIIx7Ce3yjpOnkv6SINu9kcSPNpA4Pg/s320/Moon_With_Jupiter_January27th_2023_03.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 27th 1855 GMT Moon and Jupiter</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The sky was partly clear, with thin cloud scattering
moonlight. I had missed the best evening for this shot but the moon and Jupiter
were within camera range and I did a quick shoot before dinner.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOCvjlNVwLkAvxzU_KYGX2teRjyAW-ruZAqqfE-TpEeZhHlY8YCh44vE2cH-kC_larUtFWmv8kO1MJ--eoAsKJ0bHKXUcvg536SgEohrHVnp7z6Q1XxGKwDvdu8hRLwZD7cd3H8qKHfZA8y8BmLeIpisGd3w_UwjFar2AbFJqraJy2LkCco7KnIQ/s6034/Moon_With_Jupiter_January27th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4012" data-original-width="6034" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOCvjlNVwLkAvxzU_KYGX2teRjyAW-ruZAqqfE-TpEeZhHlY8YCh44vE2cH-kC_larUtFWmv8kO1MJ--eoAsKJ0bHKXUcvg536SgEohrHVnp7z6Q1XxGKwDvdu8hRLwZD7cd3H8qKHfZA8y8BmLeIpisGd3w_UwjFar2AbFJqraJy2LkCco7KnIQ/s320/Moon_With_Jupiter_January27th_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I set my camera to 40mm focal length, ISO 100 and tried various
exposures. I then changed lenses and used 300mm focal length and various
exposure times to shoot the two objects separately.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Unusually, I managed four shots in or near focus, so I stacked them to produce a composite moon shot.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLpluU2phanP8OQge232vuqaexRQhUM2x_fkEXBE2ebDNb7lNmeKR0wMM099Uc0-nknBMJV2F7gA08OwMOvOGcn_9hclXlJmi-aSb6HKX5uvXQav4ZVf2sQWVoVwlI3-aUtE6nTHvYHIOiDv4_Pn3OU8YD_AGEbD7If5Vzo-Le2xFGLJ37X8w20g/s683/Moon_January27th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="683" data-original-width="643" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLpluU2phanP8OQge232vuqaexRQhUM2x_fkEXBE2ebDNb7lNmeKR0wMM099Uc0-nknBMJV2F7gA08OwMOvOGcn_9hclXlJmi-aSb6HKX5uvXQav4ZVf2sQWVoVwlI3-aUtE6nTHvYHIOiDv4_Pn3OU8YD_AGEbD7If5Vzo-Le2xFGLJ37X8w20g/s320/Moon_January27th_2023.jpg" width="301" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Jupiter showed a hint of cloud belts, although the disc was very small.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgl4sjOzXxh243ezU8CZ9Ii9beAI42QHRl9zaJ9e8ipAP2jGPrURJ_oZSsXP1h-JLfKtkjeCSiuqW4cIDUFeKjkrMGv9LxdPpqb1pTZPDizKCuRWHjB5zvpEzigzs6GZv0sYIGVMNdXQMeHt3bulFsAiWUy3WghYN00QdTZ8hgYJ3tm2lYTssjQ/s187/Jupiter_January27th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="154" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgl4sjOzXxh243ezU8CZ9Ii9beAI42QHRl9zaJ9e8ipAP2jGPrURJ_oZSsXP1h-JLfKtkjeCSiuqW4cIDUFeKjkrMGv9LxdPpqb1pTZPDizKCuRWHjB5zvpEzigzs6GZv0sYIGVMNdXQMeHt3bulFsAiWUy3WghYN00QdTZ8hgYJ3tm2lYTssjQ/s1600/Jupiter_January27th_2023.jpg" width="154" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I then followed my mission in an attempt to capture
Jupiter's moons and the Orion Nebula at 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and
various exposures without a tripod! I had, after all, promised myself and my
astronomical audience that I would try new things out, even if, in theory, they
were not feasible! I caught a hint of a moon but Jupiter was horribly mis-shapen!</p><p class="MsoNormal">I combined the shots of Jupiter and the Moon together and separately to produce a final image.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUPlejpm1C504ISUSw_DqEFce0YxcNytaiVqqp2W_bLDFbdZdra7iYVYLVwc1PAhK06qVpMoiQs3wOHvkBHsweiNHdx61h3VMXbw4X1xuhyw43FzhZF1R4bXVuHdfQx_60PMuVhC_J8N7QvA2OQA-bWOv5RJF2AffC0jTzNVyyyu1mUlrKYVgog/s6034/Moon_With_Jupiter_January27th_2023_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4012" data-original-width="6034" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzUPlejpm1C504ISUSw_DqEFce0YxcNytaiVqqp2W_bLDFbdZdra7iYVYLVwc1PAhK06qVpMoiQs3wOHvkBHsweiNHdx61h3VMXbw4X1xuhyw43FzhZF1R4bXVuHdfQx_60PMuVhC_J8N7QvA2OQA-bWOv5RJF2AffC0jTzNVyyyu1mUlrKYVgog/s320/Moon_With_Jupiter_January27th_2023_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 24<sup>th</sup> 1715 GMT Moon and Venus</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I used a conventional and reliable method
of conjunction/close approach shots. I photographed the Moon and Venus each at
300mm focal length, 1/200 second exposure and ISO 100. I took one of Jupiter,
well, just in case!<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I did not get anything useful from the Venus shot but the moon shot was OK-ish.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JkkSm9EuWxi9WLYSfvXwK8Ytg1eFZaq3ZFpn-091EpqGUH34z-v1qEw8ZAWecrZc-81QFq81pPcI4pcuWLxYQgZgGa4POPX_54V1Qz3IESmbLuPSXDDNqArYydAqne5d4wui_St9F3By_56_xMAY0-Upaae62-mu-uGrRIvd2RXIiV_xL0wLKA/s710/Moon_January24th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="638" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9JkkSm9EuWxi9WLYSfvXwK8Ytg1eFZaq3ZFpn-091EpqGUH34z-v1qEw8ZAWecrZc-81QFq81pPcI4pcuWLxYQgZgGa4POPX_54V1Qz3IESmbLuPSXDDNqArYydAqne5d4wui_St9F3By_56_xMAY0-Upaae62-mu-uGrRIvd2RXIiV_xL0wLKA/s320/Moon_January24th_2023.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I then adjusted the focal length to 70mm and caught the Moon
and Venus together. I overlaid the moon shot, after resizing to get the final result.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-JDSWVqSEl7AAqbHXjhi2xtYcAxeXUdH93lD57i26KG9Eu6pUt1HcM1OepTsgsP4kub5eKNxmDeqlDnPzJRAvvs-K72edyWnzIfGQ7rmC5vTcIn10Fx0Gu-FJjttbow6apHNkfJpl1GtRO8If9s8KDADGhTzImHHZ1UKYoRUK5FXyFcknWdq5A/s6034/Moon_With_Venus_January24th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4012" data-original-width="6034" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio-JDSWVqSEl7AAqbHXjhi2xtYcAxeXUdH93lD57i26KG9Eu6pUt1HcM1OepTsgsP4kub5eKNxmDeqlDnPzJRAvvs-K72edyWnzIfGQ7rmC5vTcIn10Fx0Gu-FJjttbow6apHNkfJpl1GtRO8If9s8KDADGhTzImHHZ1UKYoRUK5FXyFcknWdq5A/s320/Moon_With_Venus_January24th_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;">January 24<sup>th</sup> 1205 GMT Sun</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I bin scanned the sun in a clear sky. A sunspot group. that
appeared as a single large sunspot to my binoculars, was close to the solar
limb and about to rotate to the far side of the Sun.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbSgUL9xbc7zSOJJRr4XcLG-SJpcioWn7qP2N8sOLetldZLofgOcs6dfYtO53sZTw3rcfJ75FjcP5L2F7w88_n_q1Vk6NwDyKXOjD2X7ELRhYlwUnMSH1jnVAuEyeJAt70JMnv0VordQC8F0H_tvBV5KkTjmV0b6h4aNg1tbG6shVs5hym19U6DA/s903/SunspotDrawing_January24th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="903" data-original-width="733" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbSgUL9xbc7zSOJJRr4XcLG-SJpcioWn7qP2N8sOLetldZLofgOcs6dfYtO53sZTw3rcfJ75FjcP5L2F7w88_n_q1Vk6NwDyKXOjD2X7ELRhYlwUnMSH1jnVAuEyeJAt70JMnv0VordQC8F0H_tvBV5KkTjmV0b6h4aNg1tbG6shVs5hym19U6DA/s320/SunspotDrawing_January24th_2023.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;">January 22<sup>nd</sup> 1305 GMT Sun</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>The weather was cloudy but I managed to catch a single large
sunspot.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgowIFceGhU25xpjVvajz0EwRhBVUBQoZRkCRXM3wjUYVuKgNg4ZE6WIwEMHe_JZRHSs-eu0xU1Pkxzx78Ac1sW1-pZCHvopXUZNrQWdox5-jB1sMGbZPXy2JAQL5zIc0Nnu-JiTHdDZBUZIyu9WqdesvZ07ZReZ__r39gbP-6dSImGWFqQnJqeUQ/s898/SunspotDrawing_January22nd_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="724" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgowIFceGhU25xpjVvajz0EwRhBVUBQoZRkCRXM3wjUYVuKgNg4ZE6WIwEMHe_JZRHSs-eu0xU1Pkxzx78Ac1sW1-pZCHvopXUZNrQWdox5-jB1sMGbZPXy2JAQL5zIc0Nnu-JiTHdDZBUZIyu9WqdesvZ07ZReZ__r39gbP-6dSImGWFqQnJqeUQ/s320/SunspotDrawing_January22nd_2023.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;">January 21<sup>st</sup> 0155 GMT Binocular Session</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately, cloud rolled in and left a haze behind. I saw
Comet 2022 E3 ZTF and it appeared faint and diffuse, again looking more like a
globular cluster or galaxy. No sign of a tail.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I further browsed around the sky, potting Melotte 111,
Melotte 20, the Beehive (M44), M35 and Melotte 20. I also saw Epsilon and Delta
Lyrae, the double stars in Lyra. Whilst I enjoyed my short session, none of the
objects showed at their best. The Beehive Cluster, one of my favourites, looked
best, as it was well clear of the horizon.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h4><h4 style="text-align: left;">January 20th 1840 GMT Meteor Hunt</h4><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">So after the amazing experience of seeing a comet for the first time since July 2020, it was back to the more mundane and routine activity of hunting for meteors. So, the Gamma Ursa Minorids were still active and the sparseness of the shower was demonstrated by my failure to nail a single one the evening before. Now maybe one of the many commercial rockets going into low Earth orbit could release a few marbles or pebbles to give us meteor addicts something worth seeing!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">I got something but it was a UFO at 2309 GMT.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivW2lRS0hHrnnLdAjbYh6G45s5V4qOixg2rUvelM-vs0cLtY01Mk-L1XLp2Bkh5OegPm4_OQvIVRiJXMGtyHAbnw30dbYYKWgsL4liXabiQllaFYThmw2jjM4IolwATcwc5St535rBpszcKmH486HY0lI0BIyLdHQ3rm7IqnuTvCtilaAFHfkMmA/s198/UFO_January20th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="181" data-original-width="198" height="181" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivW2lRS0hHrnnLdAjbYh6G45s5V4qOixg2rUvelM-vs0cLtY01Mk-L1XLp2Bkh5OegPm4_OQvIVRiJXMGtyHAbnw30dbYYKWgsL4liXabiQllaFYThmw2jjM4IolwATcwc5St535rBpszcKmH486HY0lI0BIyLdHQ3rm7IqnuTvCtilaAFHfkMmA/s1600/UFO_January20th_2022.jpg" width="198" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 20<sup>th</sup> 0600 GMT Comet 2022 E3 (ZTF)</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">The comet name sort of rolls easily off the tongue, somewhat
easier than the tongue twister Hale-Bopp. I forgot how exactly many comets I
had seen but this was something between my 20<sup>th</sup> and 30<sup>th</sup>.
At the time of viewing with my 15x70 binoculars, it seemed to be a faint fuzzy patch that could easily
be mistaken for a galaxy or globular star cluster, except that I knew that
there were none in that part of the sky. The globular cluster M3 and the galaxy
M51 were further south and east. To be honest, seeing any comet at all without
the use of a large telescope is an event for amateur astronomers. However, I
did not expect it to inspire the general public, as NEOWISE F3 did in 2020, nor
Hale-Bopp and Hyukutake in the late 1990s. Still, I could tick the box to say
I’d seen it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I also had a look at the double stars Albireo, Epsilon Lyrae
and Delta Lyrae, at least one of which I would hope to photograph later in the
year.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 19<sup>th</sup> 1830 GMT Meteor Hunt</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I aimed my camera at Ursa Minor again with my usual
settings. I returned to the warm while hoping to get something interesting on
“film”.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="text-align: left;">At 1938 GMT, I got something but it was not a meteor. Due to the faint tails to the top and bottom of the object, I had to classify it as unidentified.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZ5bUdDnvMYqXyzQZujqJOk4Fl6AyW1avXwnH7WfdN_F7o0obKZquFqy1g4A9eI6mLC5U0Gx9nOj4mMELYyQET67TAyxUj3XRywcEyJZUp4SvIW3yuPhSbsWtRKf95LfGSUxCVwcSH0x3X-QKjwIbNPHXrClG-7ft5y2YhtTGU-iI4O7rUtZPmQ/s962/UFO_January19th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="962" height="249" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOZ5bUdDnvMYqXyzQZujqJOk4Fl6AyW1avXwnH7WfdN_F7o0obKZquFqy1g4A9eI6mLC5U0Gx9nOj4mMELYyQET67TAyxUj3XRywcEyJZUp4SvIW3yuPhSbsWtRKf95LfGSUxCVwcSH0x3X-QKjwIbNPHXrClG-7ft5y2YhtTGU-iI4O7rUtZPmQ/s320/UFO_January19th_2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>At 2146 GMT, I caught another unidentified object.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9UvJdQGSL1ENZQBNTNEroIA5bgIruGQb48ugCCxOc-BJb1ieTnZNIs36buRdLz9P8JNo3-dvvMFAVyKFRXNt7gfmyrW1Vaxwj6_JYVc8Vn3wMX-PDp8cBGE_AtSh4xFz-yiE8Flfc18pVs6RVqSYt0JuIpRhaSYO277RKv1R3Q1vgYKfWT8olw/s214/UFO_January19th_2022._02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="187" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI9UvJdQGSL1ENZQBNTNEroIA5bgIruGQb48ugCCxOc-BJb1ieTnZNIs36buRdLz9P8JNo3-dvvMFAVyKFRXNt7gfmyrW1Vaxwj6_JYVc8Vn3wMX-PDp8cBGE_AtSh4xFz-yiE8Flfc18pVs6RVqSYt0JuIpRhaSYO277RKv1R3Q1vgYKfWT8olw/s1600/UFO_January19th_2022._02.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">A mere minute later, another unidentified object appeared.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pxqS_WqI8j0mDx3pXNOQrPNoYAvxAMfixXd9bKgywAh6cphM711IveUrQfU1covRBpoKCtrNEhPmQze02yW6ROOY2hvSSq590Kb6C1VPns97oEBi2wPyK4IzQ8n_vcnedmB4Sg2yMQt7uuaOkGzCtoDiBXEQmFfqSd01TgvRX0ya44exkLtpIQ/s170/UFO_January19th_2022._03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="170" data-original-width="137" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3pxqS_WqI8j0mDx3pXNOQrPNoYAvxAMfixXd9bKgywAh6cphM711IveUrQfU1covRBpoKCtrNEhPmQze02yW6ROOY2hvSSq590Kb6C1VPns97oEBi2wPyK4IzQ8n_vcnedmB4Sg2yMQt7uuaOkGzCtoDiBXEQmFfqSd01TgvRX0ya44exkLtpIQ/s1600/UFO_January19th_2022._03.jpg" width="137" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">At 2150 GMT, three minutes later, another UFO appeared. If they were little green men, why didn't they land and pose for my camera?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNeaoZRRV7jKOiIEUN12zGghwvaFfUFq9LQgkNq9kn3wjx8rIw1PBMY6UKV_Wa4HJNKnyvTMCIYoy6A-MdmR7RVPSvNuti5s8TKOoEVVGBnuPpA67QhLABGcJ8QUWO8WomLcOkRH6PI7ZD2Cep8R1r839GF8kPOAKYiYNLiNMeaKN7Ud-CzQcuw/s187/UFO_January19th_2022._04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="187" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzNeaoZRRV7jKOiIEUN12zGghwvaFfUFq9LQgkNq9kn3wjx8rIw1PBMY6UKV_Wa4HJNKnyvTMCIYoy6A-MdmR7RVPSvNuti5s8TKOoEVVGBnuPpA67QhLABGcJ8QUWO8WomLcOkRH6PI7ZD2Cep8R1r839GF8kPOAKYiYNLiNMeaKN7Ud-CzQcuw/s1600/UFO_January19th_2022._04.jpg" width="187" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Despite catching some strange objects on camera, I failed to nail a single meteor.</div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 19<sup>th</sup> 1200 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I only have a short lunch break at work but the sky was
clear and the Sun was active, so I did a few full disc shots with my Mak and
DSLR at my standard settings. I could see quite a few sunspots through my
finderscope, so things looked promising.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwcp4ftXBV5WdB9sezFzTVyvJql6IRU5D2VIp5KupEZfpANcBi23FxSrO0BRKmmX20G4xuHKsBLFbPm7VeFvks-tmkN8wzVj16AbepBMFDjNlcJMOYu7vQBGIANvrJ640yrCU9jkMcXi29CyDxhP1ZPNeSmSS2K0lj8x01haVxrgpD-bOZsqmEA/s3938/Sun_January19th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3861" data-original-width="3938" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvwcp4ftXBV5WdB9sezFzTVyvJql6IRU5D2VIp5KupEZfpANcBi23FxSrO0BRKmmX20G4xuHKsBLFbPm7VeFvks-tmkN8wzVj16AbepBMFDjNlcJMOYu7vQBGIANvrJ640yrCU9jkMcXi29CyDxhP1ZPNeSmSS2K0lj8x01haVxrgpD-bOZsqmEA/s320/Sun_January19th_2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 18<sup>th</sup> 2100 GMT</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I left a camera out to search for meteors. Then I hoped! Alas! My hope was in vain.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 17<sup>th</sup> 1920 GMT Meteor Search</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I aimed a camera at Ursa Minor as the evening before. As the evening before, I did not capture any meteors.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I also checked Betelguese and thought it had brightened a
bit to magnitude 0.2.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 17<sup>th</sup> 1205 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was a very similar session to that of the 15<sup>th</sup>.
The Sun was low, even in the ,middle of the day and covered by thin, hazy
cloud. Despite this, I was able to see six sunspots and did a drawing based on
my binocular observations.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEagWp67JQqhVzoLmGWImyY9-pl1fwLM1NinRMecl_X6r4dwqgGOZWDtePBXNRExak_8HP08OIz42C46Iw_9oWrcCN15cAu4uwqDtT9x4mZRFW883Lu0gM1jCruqrsYdjW1MWjQsf0qET6zQM60bo4_Ybypy0AubKcBi0o2N-8rF26iuvf2-2Sg/s889/SunspotDrawing_January17th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="798" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQEagWp67JQqhVzoLmGWImyY9-pl1fwLM1NinRMecl_X6r4dwqgGOZWDtePBXNRExak_8HP08OIz42C46Iw_9oWrcCN15cAu4uwqDtT9x4mZRFW883Lu0gM1jCruqrsYdjW1MWjQsf0qET6zQM60bo4_Ybypy0AubKcBi0o2N-8rF26iuvf2-2Sg/s320/SunspotDrawing_January17th_2023.jpg" width="287" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 16<sup>th</sup> 2100 GMT Meteor Hunt</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This was a long shot but there was a minor shower, the Gamma
Ursae Minorids in progess. I reset my camera to my usual meteor hunting
settings and hoped. Alas, it was not to be but I did catch one in an earlier session.</p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 16<sup>th</sup> 2100 GMT Constellations</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I set my DSLR at 35mm focal length, ISO 800 and 15 seconds
exposure. I aimed at Orion, then switched later to Gemini.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO93D3ux09_-tMJZUU0UAPzVIarQJOXiQiM9S3WB1gRSUGp-lUmhFVqKx5phKVq6ZScHfINQP8pFFAWlts52MCBCWfAciuy-DiffvTmmqniiX9ZlXiYBFGcvkK7YA9m4UO9NJOIsOyGZU1e9GVDs_yssWbXcHE7dtPs-z21zlJtLGJRRHXl7wPrg/s4571/Orion_January16th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3564" data-original-width="4571" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO93D3ux09_-tMJZUU0UAPzVIarQJOXiQiM9S3WB1gRSUGp-lUmhFVqKx5phKVq6ZScHfINQP8pFFAWlts52MCBCWfAciuy-DiffvTmmqniiX9ZlXiYBFGcvkK7YA9m4UO9NJOIsOyGZU1e9GVDs_yssWbXcHE7dtPs-z21zlJtLGJRRHXl7wPrg/s320/Orion_January16th_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixLK2e561Aj1bGptgkDn1Jt5RTRyVR81GUMFQiKpvdQwljvQolAeIkd8u7TG-sgJcgP40-00ZduQONIXPAGQzGqKNhCp30NTicNn-sa09rngfZniFiqIZl7IkN5d1c7uO6N0mVGkPyZyHMwVRkSB9D-bFG7-Y3g3vWzXjlTJMtz4NQaBtWCo27Q/s4488/Gemini_January16th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3454" data-original-width="4488" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhixLK2e561Aj1bGptgkDn1Jt5RTRyVR81GUMFQiKpvdQwljvQolAeIkd8u7TG-sgJcgP40-00ZduQONIXPAGQzGqKNhCp30NTicNn-sa09rngfZniFiqIZl7IkN5d1c7uO6N0mVGkPyZyHMwVRkSB9D-bFG7-Y3g3vWzXjlTJMtz4NQaBtWCo27Q/s320/Gemini_January16th_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Although I did a meteor shoot later, it was at 2047 GMT that I caught a meteor on one of the constellation shots, near Orion.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbd9bNW9d0kqk8ZCN4ONLSs1BzIrb0Mv8Q82CrxGE0DtVXVusV5isD27Je3CzY5Pv2TQxMl_LIHblRkTWmo_Fhtts2kL-Mg17VKjGZT056-ptRfuCslUuhnZ9MGay7NPZylawnI3ZOED0kog7As16fbLvwjQe_VYJMXxFxOQNOSVoz8f79k4dPQ/s2497/Meteor_January16th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2497" data-original-width="1821" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJbd9bNW9d0kqk8ZCN4ONLSs1BzIrb0Mv8Q82CrxGE0DtVXVusV5isD27Je3CzY5Pv2TQxMl_LIHblRkTWmo_Fhtts2kL-Mg17VKjGZT056-ptRfuCslUuhnZ9MGay7NPZylawnI3ZOED0kog7As16fbLvwjQe_VYJMXxFxOQNOSVoz8f79k4dPQ/s320/Meteor_January16th_2023.jpg" width="233" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 16<sup>th</sup> 1720 GMT Venus</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I arrived home and aimed my phone camera at Venus. I used
10x zoom, ISO 800 and minimum exposure settings, at least what I could control.
The result showed a full disc, which was quite accurate. The real proof would
come later in the year when the disc would get larger and the phase smaller.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0rNQQEJClPtpuu0gry1FxC8B58D2FPxJTaayJb9sCeT45kU5SsV4qQ3okDzT_XgOjGdroe7HWIig1C9csjxPAzEhhpLT69z9_q4reZfqp4sm96FmioEQY_95NN1QOahifd5b9z667r90i3kgPTEVTZcCPROp_26mF60RFUE4ZVqMniyG7yxgNA/s792/Venus_January16th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="792" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji0rNQQEJClPtpuu0gry1FxC8B58D2FPxJTaayJb9sCeT45kU5SsV4qQ3okDzT_XgOjGdroe7HWIig1C9csjxPAzEhhpLT69z9_q4reZfqp4sm96FmioEQY_95NN1QOahifd5b9z667r90i3kgPTEVTZcCPROp_26mF60RFUE4ZVqMniyG7yxgNA/s320/Venus_January16th_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 15<sup>th</sup> 1110 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conditions were not perfect. Had they been perfect, or near
enough, I would have used my Maksutov and DSLR. The good thing is that the gaps
in the cloud were better and more frequent than the day before. I was able to
get a clearer and more accurate view of the Sun. Fortunately I have large
binoculars and a white light filter to match. I saw six sunspots, at least one
of them was probably a multiple one that would be split by a telescope.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-bTT9JGZw7iFInVrfpqJLJ9TDdg9hoWq1qt47tqalm0cEb18aYxw1Wa7whio17DKjbk9wba7HlAmARM3D6DFupEJ9R1t8t7g2UR2OWFHXnGK39nN6haOeUWh1Cpqg1-HhABwoFQYbHrpJOFGaYgxDqzj8Y2JzSFgwT7o9564BJ3dEraoG9obUrw/s896/SunspotDrawing_January15th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="896" data-original-width="723" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-bTT9JGZw7iFInVrfpqJLJ9TDdg9hoWq1qt47tqalm0cEb18aYxw1Wa7whio17DKjbk9wba7HlAmARM3D6DFupEJ9R1t8t7g2UR2OWFHXnGK39nN6haOeUWh1Cpqg1-HhABwoFQYbHrpJOFGaYgxDqzj8Y2JzSFgwT7o9564BJ3dEraoG9obUrw/s320/SunspotDrawing_January15th_2023.jpg" width="258" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">Jan 15th 0000 GMT Constellations</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The weather forecast was clear but it was a cloudy evening
with odd showers. I saw Orion and set up my camera at 35mm focal length ISO 800
and 15 seconds exposure. Shock horror! It was cloudy when I went out! It
partially cleared a few minutes later. I kept moving the camera around and
attempted shots of Taurus. Auruga and Cassiopeia.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Part of the first set of shots revealed the Hyades and Pleaides star clusters, with Mars.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvYEmFXcSgguXKg95JdYHF1y99gbT1ZYaJ5rKKfUu5wVtwo_Ae76ASkhY3a80O_wlKMZKFqyEalGlijYVpc9vZwtstyh-Qbj8UwGt6gCPWq9CNQyETcuT8V1NDQGhJVU13rjFCwvRNrNHHkECzVERdExD31Qud-9Vi8GjdcesckGSGehvmC9Isw/s3063/Mars_Hyades_M45_January15th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1892" data-original-width="3063" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSvYEmFXcSgguXKg95JdYHF1y99gbT1ZYaJ5rKKfUu5wVtwo_Ae76ASkhY3a80O_wlKMZKFqyEalGlijYVpc9vZwtstyh-Qbj8UwGt6gCPWq9CNQyETcuT8V1NDQGhJVU13rjFCwvRNrNHHkECzVERdExD31Qud-9Vi8GjdcesckGSGehvmC9Isw/s320/Mars_Hyades_M45_January15th_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">My single shot of Auriga was cloudy, so the result was underwhelming.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcs9K4rU4LFOaUZ7vv65hxZDXMrVyGrJV20jKSKC4-nMTUCB1E7J3vVZuHaduCylCb4i7zF2b50JXP2uWdh99WfbQ3i31RJaXcUO2OGC2cZuyfA9_x7dgW-aESK_uZj2qnMtmce4xikA4Qq9FqICZ17daZIHr4fDIxNR6k_ziD_kd-XM2ESkbGpA/s6034/Auriga_January15th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4012" data-original-width="6034" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcs9K4rU4LFOaUZ7vv65hxZDXMrVyGrJV20jKSKC4-nMTUCB1E7J3vVZuHaduCylCb4i7zF2b50JXP2uWdh99WfbQ3i31RJaXcUO2OGC2cZuyfA9_x7dgW-aESK_uZj2qnMtmce4xikA4Qq9FqICZ17daZIHr4fDIxNR6k_ziD_kd-XM2ESkbGpA/s320/Auriga_January15th_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">The Cassiopeia shot was composed from 5 photos. I had to include a TV aerial in order to get the Perseus Double Cluster to the top left.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyyTrQazMTakLrkOowCRoIrE7XaOJX2Y-Mm3cBCo8ayFIPyi75DEBze3V3kf7nsGqTBM-STrIBbdLCaI4Gz-oBgCccIOXryS1G0cFVAGxQbC6xT4roC1f_JE63bQdXZNY29JeK9GzNwiPd4fMX_ukvkEtT83pGtILijul3WyA_oV-hQcug0kRvQ/s2865/Cassiopeia_January15th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2865" data-original-width="2387" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyyTrQazMTakLrkOowCRoIrE7XaOJX2Y-Mm3cBCo8ayFIPyi75DEBze3V3kf7nsGqTBM-STrIBbdLCaI4Gz-oBgCccIOXryS1G0cFVAGxQbC6xT4roC1f_JE63bQdXZNY29JeK9GzNwiPd4fMX_ukvkEtT83pGtILijul3WyA_oV-hQcug0kRvQ/s320/Cassiopeia_January15th_2023.jpg" width="267" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3><br /></h3><h3>January 14th Sun Reprocess</h3><div>I continued with two more sets of frames from October 8th.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7BP6SjHmsyvV4iQlLj0q8u1cdaI1sd4_hd1vbM8zGcEyPe86hd1xfafrTQs03Ss9OzUqQ8SNNn5DmwpBa_5cd2rGp_cQl12CgibUBCUkriyOuStWo5D6H4cC_4iPyuhtriYZdFeejObIR89RhTToeZa-bU9_h_v7bY-8XMhpoCL9InRbAvPoA9w/s2702/Sun_October8th_2022_05.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2030" data-original-width="2702" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7BP6SjHmsyvV4iQlLj0q8u1cdaI1sd4_hd1vbM8zGcEyPe86hd1xfafrTQs03Ss9OzUqQ8SNNn5DmwpBa_5cd2rGp_cQl12CgibUBCUkriyOuStWo5D6H4cC_4iPyuhtriYZdFeejObIR89RhTToeZa-bU9_h_v7bY-8XMhpoCL9InRbAvPoA9w/s320/Sun_October8th_2022_05.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9migkp4_ylnNR6f-jMzMYmLHxMbiEnNWJG5QeK8_TBs1vaN_c1Y4CRuRXmeoaWft2J2DtQoAmn6hTkWcAiIYQCn3_CEODj684ayHmUj8vezj-Z8eNVlS0MHCrtgPanP2ilxOPkp3vhbqehrFuOWIbluvRQ7mErfwr4hPV4n8CLClvgABC2bPyQ/s3129/Sun_October8th_2022_06.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2458" data-original-width="3129" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9migkp4_ylnNR6f-jMzMYmLHxMbiEnNWJG5QeK8_TBs1vaN_c1Y4CRuRXmeoaWft2J2DtQoAmn6hTkWcAiIYQCn3_CEODj684ayHmUj8vezj-Z8eNVlS0MHCrtgPanP2ilxOPkp3vhbqehrFuOWIbluvRQ7mErfwr4hPV4n8CLClvgABC2bPyQ/s320/Sun_October8th_2022_06.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3>January 14th 1410 GMT Sun</h3><div>Conditions were poor. Really poor. Or even worse than that. The lure of an active sun and a mere shaft of sunlight low in the south west drew me outside. I am as certain as day is day and night is night that had it been clear, I would have seen many more sunspots and, with it being a poor month, I was grateful for the three I saw, rather than lamenting the may more I didn't. I used my binoculars and filter to make a drawing.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBJSClbB07z9jm9rcCs3cj_6QHB7el0OVgXlCxUg7z2VSu8OhBoJZJnPN0kTReethT7fcS1c1sdBLhy5eWRHwQY-4-AEpjTub5xWsRaT18hy_BHKuVC5TplyXtMa2MJ_Q_dz4VB2SQ2IudISCpRqDt1YxOcqugCWv6D6wU2DnoeaX3A_xR-wzUw/s909/SunspotDrawing_January14th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="909" data-original-width="726" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvBJSClbB07z9jm9rcCs3cj_6QHB7el0OVgXlCxUg7z2VSu8OhBoJZJnPN0kTReethT7fcS1c1sdBLhy5eWRHwQY-4-AEpjTub5xWsRaT18hy_BHKuVC5TplyXtMa2MJ_Q_dz4VB2SQ2IudISCpRqDt1YxOcqugCWv6D6wU2DnoeaX3A_xR-wzUw/w256-h320/SunspotDrawing_January14th_2023.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3>January 14th Sun Reprocess</h3><div style="text-align: left;">I continued processing solar close-ups. The 2nd stack was composed from 16 images. I had to create two images of sunspot groups to eliminate dust from the camera.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzP9wDlp5Zcpw36klGiosDqhZmVcWR-cFgMXhlSzHH9y_FanOr5vdwoUFkCPO4aGp-pfMNAyADEyLatawd4AX0F1aMYBls9Cobj61msIzZBm2h4ac1a3BgPziyp7tODiurF0EL6xjMp4fqmWvCN_v4hMThaY8g0PIknUlqKmnxFfVPTfiD5kE9Ag/s682/Sun_October8th_2022_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="682" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzP9wDlp5Zcpw36klGiosDqhZmVcWR-cFgMXhlSzHH9y_FanOr5vdwoUFkCPO4aGp-pfMNAyADEyLatawd4AX0F1aMYBls9Cobj61msIzZBm2h4ac1a3BgPziyp7tODiurF0EL6xjMp4fqmWvCN_v4hMThaY8g0PIknUlqKmnxFfVPTfiD5kE9Ag/s320/Sun_October8th_2022_03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSO_62JNneWxNabJldJlU3u_n9o2GySMNtqebyk8Am4KE6WYdf5LdXoa-8Hxc5m28N8J92k5j6UpyB6AQZHOX8KNk38K_KvWZ_r8DTGPUnSJCCMecE2VH0nIiiE6i6z3ZSg4TDXLl4wnCgy3g5B8yKvhE4hJT6aHhbZy7omM1oyH9fdxxQw-OTfQ/s873/Sun_October8th_2022_04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="873" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSO_62JNneWxNabJldJlU3u_n9o2GySMNtqebyk8Am4KE6WYdf5LdXoa-8Hxc5m28N8J92k5j6UpyB6AQZHOX8KNk38K_KvWZ_r8DTGPUnSJCCMecE2VH0nIiiE6i6z3ZSg4TDXLl4wnCgy3g5B8yKvhE4hJT6aHhbZy7omM1oyH9fdxxQw-OTfQ/s320/Sun_October8th_2022_04.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 13th 1650 GMT Venus</h3><div>I saw Venus hovering over some houses. I tried to capture it on my 'phone camera but did not. The main point was that I tried, as I was still at the early stages of finding out what I could do and couldn't do with a camera phone.</div><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 12th Sun Reprocess</h3><div style="text-align: left;">I stacked 12 solar images using Autostakkert from October 8th. I finished in GIMP and it showed some faculae, as well as many sunspots.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9u8h3ZMtwQ0jb4DpYLoAfc1a3o8ptSxpjZsyh3y4pdD0JBXcJXmVGkGkV3pfZNNKE2EYhMo_ClGbUtP1p7RlAvYcOe8jglErnEDvCCzhoO9PwKfn34sib8yyg8fa9SJGNcWEviFDHjeq3zV0B6vl0_wrrRih94CZ4wT87NgUzt31zcFqx9YOXug/s3795/Sun_October8th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3789" data-original-width="3795" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9u8h3ZMtwQ0jb4DpYLoAfc1a3o8ptSxpjZsyh3y4pdD0JBXcJXmVGkGkV3pfZNNKE2EYhMo_ClGbUtP1p7RlAvYcOe8jglErnEDvCCzhoO9PwKfn34sib8yyg8fa9SJGNcWEviFDHjeq3zV0B6vl0_wrrRih94CZ4wT87NgUzt31zcFqx9YOXug/s320/Sun_October8th_2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The first stack of the close-ups did not totally work but I managed a close-up of one of the sunspots.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVQXeOHT_h54UTNWUP1NS0TvSdHC-wRvoGwwMdsEPlqD0rc8llRwkoFbCxvX0ks37kMLy8BzeqHAXyfF__G-LUbVGVZi-g5ZyAAG84MRmns1QrOiGValssf4FXDvUHfOZ7HJs_GMIIhN8aAl2naNuVqRmYrReF7Lx03QstX7maUlbc-zfrkpEtQ/s263/Sun_October8th_2022_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="263" data-original-width="262" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDVQXeOHT_h54UTNWUP1NS0TvSdHC-wRvoGwwMdsEPlqD0rc8llRwkoFbCxvX0ks37kMLy8BzeqHAXyfF__G-LUbVGVZi-g5ZyAAG84MRmns1QrOiGValssf4FXDvUHfOZ7HJs_GMIIhN8aAl2naNuVqRmYrReF7Lx03QstX7maUlbc-zfrkpEtQ/s1600/Sun_October8th_2022_02.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 10th Sun Reprocess</h3><div>I tried to stack some solar images from October 2nd 2022 with Sequator. I discovered that it simply did not stack solar shots, only constellations and deep sky. </div><div><br /></div><div>I tried again using Autostakkert. After some further processing in GIMP, the result was better than the original.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2fCbk178dnvMBwMiYaHupQ-gDpgf2I_V1t8rWuAUyOTv1-BekYKLUesGRvxRw88myb5BPiWTlCNODIWtjhvUuAcuM0_jFRO5L4zRCxPuVa0O3hH3Fh-6uzHkcoeaK4Vrl2Kp9_OpMa6C4yDfqRPCuTBYYLL2TjDLX8HIoKHBM67WmGxWamQQ0A/s3806/Sun_October2nd_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="3806" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm2fCbk178dnvMBwMiYaHupQ-gDpgf2I_V1t8rWuAUyOTv1-BekYKLUesGRvxRw88myb5BPiWTlCNODIWtjhvUuAcuM0_jFRO5L4zRCxPuVa0O3hH3Fh-6uzHkcoeaK4Vrl2Kp9_OpMa6C4yDfqRPCuTBYYLL2TjDLX8HIoKHBM67WmGxWamQQ0A/s320/Sun_October2nd_2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 9<sup>th</sup> 2140 GMT Betelguese</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I observed that Betelguese had faded to magnitude 0.3,
although that was still much brighter than average.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3><br /></h3><h3>January 7th 1740 Moon with Phone Camera</h3><div>I looked up how to adjust ISO and E/M (?) settings to avoid overexposing the Moon but still did. I caught the phase but that was all.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfVsai9KteFKzyKBUdH-t_JdIjyQ0k9r3L1BaFaev3rdHaBGcs22JMA1Dm4EC8H9YrHuByxWZxYBHfATj6EUTij1avqY63D5NZ_x2xBUTvTEyE_Xu5r6uWxjn2Gss1VmTJ3SfQWnwQm6DzSSLBZnnumfnwQDWwqexZ41aJX3q9WybJzm3e577-g/s660/Moon_January7th_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="660" data-original-width="644" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjfVsai9KteFKzyKBUdH-t_JdIjyQ0k9r3L1BaFaev3rdHaBGcs22JMA1Dm4EC8H9YrHuByxWZxYBHfATj6EUTij1avqY63D5NZ_x2xBUTvTEyE_Xu5r6uWxjn2Gss1VmTJ3SfQWnwQm6DzSSLBZnnumfnwQDWwqexZ41aJX3q9WybJzm3e577-g/s320/Moon_January7th_2023.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3><br /></h3><h3>January 2<sup>nd</sup> 2040 GMT Moon, Mars and Aldebaran</h3><div style="text-align: left;">This photo taken from my camera showed the lunar phase, as well as Mars and Aldebaran, the brightest star in Taurus.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjrquE_XZoYGNtO9R_taBD0XJwKN0wsCZfo0FOZACA1446QBY2FIikUnzGMJq5PyltHCB70AvpXNnpdhbbXFoHBu18bsnQqrwts_Bu6o358GSOog-iVat0k6rNl-aA2QZN7FanhxRzwOVmkQSPUkhmlzCvsJMu0LWmTqgM1NzRIi6H0dRoxnCGQ/s4080/Moon_With_Mars_And_Aldebaran_January2nd_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2296" data-original-width="4080" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUjrquE_XZoYGNtO9R_taBD0XJwKN0wsCZfo0FOZACA1446QBY2FIikUnzGMJq5PyltHCB70AvpXNnpdhbbXFoHBu18bsnQqrwts_Bu6o358GSOog-iVat0k6rNl-aA2QZN7FanhxRzwOVmkQSPUkhmlzCvsJMu0LWmTqgM1NzRIi6H0dRoxnCGQ/s320/Moon_With_Mars_And_Aldebaran_January2nd_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 2<sup>nd</sup> 1450 GMT Moon</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">In contrast, my second “live” action of the month was
straight out of the reinvention book. The waxing gibbous moon was hanging low
in the east. I took a shot with my ‘phone camera and boosted the zoom to 10x. I
was as interested in overcoming my prejudice against the beastly instruments,
as I had been to maximise the potential of my DSLR.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">If there was a trick to this shot, I had not found it.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJEssVhlifAxfU3Db5QEUnSxWHXim5yR202NQwBcD01jnEM5YxrfiD3i0d4W0JPuRDUy-bNDpipSyYtRCSIEyEHrjHu3m8gR6Aqx-2jyKckYA2nj8D23v7dx1udboUr8tXqjDpYpQEp5L_12rSMwkUSJ1D-Se9tUIkrwKaGKeMLnnbs5kyAu5b5w/s390/Moon_January2nd_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="390" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJEssVhlifAxfU3Db5QEUnSxWHXim5yR202NQwBcD01jnEM5YxrfiD3i0d4W0JPuRDUy-bNDpipSyYtRCSIEyEHrjHu3m8gR6Aqx-2jyKckYA2nj8D23v7dx1udboUr8tXqjDpYpQEp5L_12rSMwkUSJ1D-Se9tUIkrwKaGKeMLnnbs5kyAu5b5w/s320/Moon_January2nd_2023.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">January 2nd 1120 GMT Sun</h3><div style="text-align: left;">Strange how us humans make a big thing of celebrating another circuit of the Earth around the Sun. Yet, for us astronomers, the passage of the Earth around the Sun determines what we are able to see in the night sky. The combined motion of the Moon and planets determine which of them we can see and how well we can see them.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I had made no New Year resolutions but I was hoping to continue my astronomical re-invention that I started in the autumn of 2022. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The first observation of 2023 was not some dramatic, groundbreaking image but one of my regular habits that I had decided to keep. The Sun is a dynamic, constantly-changing object and my plan was to continue to observe and record it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The bad news was that I was unable to use a telescope, as I had a bad back. The good news was that I could see four sunspots in my binoculars and filter.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifv7GXIoCWZ1JsWxP1iJP-11_GM-Hi0CcH3TQai-iAI2pOj1ZPy7sJkX_2jTf_V20NR5xn6DMTn3oevWMJzRARcoGm6fJopOQ2Ksdz91CoAfFBjL-9Kt7Sf7Q-RdJcN96qacw_taRkOCO2IrJpsSsOavIcynHPyYi9pkfSYk2Akr-1gkEVzaPStw/s893/SunspotDrawing_January2nd_2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="755" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifv7GXIoCWZ1JsWxP1iJP-11_GM-Hi0CcH3TQai-iAI2pOj1ZPy7sJkX_2jTf_V20NR5xn6DMTn3oevWMJzRARcoGm6fJopOQ2Ksdz91CoAfFBjL-9Kt7Sf7Q-RdJcN96qacw_taRkOCO2IrJpsSsOavIcynHPyYi9pkfSYk2Akr-1gkEVzaPStw/s320/SunspotDrawing_January2nd_2023.jpg" width="271" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-21759378357600909832022-12-16T13:07:00.005-08:002022-12-16T13:07:55.189-08:002023 Mission Statement<p> No new year's resolutions for me! I have lived long enough to know that most resolutions made in late December fail. A common one is losing weight by starting a diet on January 1st or 2nd. No way! If you want to diet to lose weight, spring or summer is far more likely to be successful, as the weather is warmer and there is less temptation to comfort eat. The other thing is that circumstances change. People meet partners, split from partners, have children, get ill, lose relatives, so many things (good and bad) happen that render resolutions unachievable or even irrelevant.</p><p>As an example, I returned to full-time work, after working part-time in 2021, so had less time to observe, take photographs or spend time processing them.</p><p>Instead, I have made a mission statement on how I will approach 2023 from an astronomical point of view.</p><p><br /></p><p>1. I often whinge. Fortunately, it is mostly to myself and not to others, or online. When I read forums, it appears to me that my equipment pales in quality and volume to most other astronomers. I see the photos they produce and know that it is just impossible to obtain them with my equipment. What I need to remind myself is that many astronomers (probably more than I realise) would consider themselves lucky to have my set of kit.</p><p>2. Related to the above, I am quite good, maybe even better than that, at pushing the kit I have to its limits. We don't like to trumpet-blow but sometimes there are things we can rightly be proud of. I must accept that it is simply not possible to take long-exposure deep sky photographs with my kit, nor is it possible for me to get photographs of Mars with my 5" telescope that I could get with a 14" telescope.</p><p>3. Related to the above (again!), there are photographs I take that work with what kit I have. The best examples are my meteor photos and full-disc solar photos.</p><p>4. I will experiment more with using different equipment combinations and processing tools/techniques. I had already started this in November.</p><p>5. I am taking a break from writing and will stop writing my annual summaries. They have not sold well and the only reason I'm releasing my 2022 summary is that I had already spent a lot of time on it. Before writing again, I am having a big rethink about what I will write next and need to be realistic about how much time I can spend on it. I have extended family issues that need my time and energy that need to be resolved.</p><p>6. Much as astronomy writers use their online content as a marketing tool, I will reduce the amount of easy shots of familiar objects I take. I will concentrate on meteors and white light solar. If I take photos of the Pleaides and Orion Great Nebula, I will try to do something different with each shot.</p><p>7. I am obsessed with getting a result on every session and will end with an easy shot just to fill my blog and gallery. It is frustrating to do a photo session without something worth sharing online but it is not the end of the world.</p><p>8. I will look for new constellations and deep sky objects to photograph.</p><p>9. Lastly, I must remind myself that being an astronomer is a privilege that only few people are able to enjoy.</p>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-19235340577113353502022-12-04T08:24:00.044-08:002023-01-01T08:21:18.912-08:00December 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 30<sup>th</sup> 0000 GMT Constellations</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It came to pass that when the clock turned to the witching
hour on the last day of the year that one of the most (well, not really)
influential astronomers of the 21<sup>st</sup> century was outside braving the
spirits of the dead and, even worse, the cold temperature. The quarry was of a
familiar constellation but the approach was somewhat different.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I had opted for a medium focal length zoom lens and set my
camera to 35mm focal length, ISO 800 and 15 seconds exposure. I started off by
aiming at Orion. Well, not quite, as I made some adjustments to get the whole
constellation in. To my dismay, there were clouds, not even haze, as I hoped. I
proceeded anyway, as I can sometimes sort a bit out through processing.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9714OAbfeQYKeLvBzF8gJb4MbJ7ijd7suZCHgpOCEBcQmgxfiE-3Dx2qbYxjpWY-EQD9Ka_fjVwyyeLYHpO59LfOXz9gTKHJO-E721ciuGmZhwJCqlXQb604gXWwJj5qeo5pk1Oko8UWplBSbyNzznyqo9in8LCnzb4M5bB7LgAO065e_i5FbA/s6034/Orion_Dec_30_2022_03.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4012" data-original-width="6034" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb9714OAbfeQYKeLvBzF8gJb4MbJ7ijd7suZCHgpOCEBcQmgxfiE-3Dx2qbYxjpWY-EQD9Ka_fjVwyyeLYHpO59LfOXz9gTKHJO-E721ciuGmZhwJCqlXQb604gXWwJj5qeo5pk1Oko8UWplBSbyNzznyqo9in8LCnzb4M5bB7LgAO065e_i5FbA/s320/Orion_Dec_30_2022_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I aimed at Cancer, which was higher in the sky.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjizeHHCSGpowIFOdN7L9tjzLWzy-rW69coevnCbkElmsyDNMSez0aBz2LmumKszDbUXUmuZKfd5l_oMFmY3QfRT3fNTXrgHOnc-QQBEnR8dhHfukezL5iI-P4Wz9FDJkSjuk2TmPy9eH4P8757FEhqbjYGzs1zDaNdoJML1j4orU3ic25bIwBsHA/s6034/M44_Dec_30_2022_03.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4012" data-original-width="6034" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjizeHHCSGpowIFOdN7L9tjzLWzy-rW69coevnCbkElmsyDNMSez0aBz2LmumKszDbUXUmuZKfd5l_oMFmY3QfRT3fNTXrgHOnc-QQBEnR8dhHfukezL5iI-P4Wz9FDJkSjuk2TmPy9eH4P8757FEhqbjYGzs1zDaNdoJML1j4orU3ic25bIwBsHA/s320/M44_Dec_30_2022_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3><br /></h3><h3>December 29th 2120 GMT Meteor Hunt</h3><div style="text-align: left;">The Ursid meteor shower had finished and the Quadrantid shower had not begun. So why was I aiming a camera at part of the sky where they were were not? I have been known to catch late or early shower meteors and there was no reason to suspect that sporadic meteors would be any less likely to appear in other parts of the sky. I did not catch any meteors.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I said I wouldn't do this but I was testing Sequator out. As the images were quite good, I stacked 40 of them and did further "cleaning up" using GraXpert and GIMP.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYgR5aJdOeuXpThuYFn7-_4IT7Ptcs-Vt9npa_UasZL-S6jTAmjPY0gLqWsFhjRZEq3trBimfc9MAfdzGMTo98DKzKoA5j0GXxfK4gg9hmqu1dlFTMBPaHvHpQhPVnbhhA8FUfJUQx7IHhRpgM8nzCzF3xITrUxqF77vUiC14Llw2De9k_mrP70A/s3641/UrsaMinor_Dec_29_2022_03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3069" data-original-width="3641" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYgR5aJdOeuXpThuYFn7-_4IT7Ptcs-Vt9npa_UasZL-S6jTAmjPY0gLqWsFhjRZEq3trBimfc9MAfdzGMTo98DKzKoA5j0GXxfK4gg9hmqu1dlFTMBPaHvHpQhPVnbhhA8FUfJUQx7IHhRpgM8nzCzF3xITrUxqF77vUiC14Llw2De9k_mrP70A/s320/UrsaMinor_Dec_29_2022_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3>December 29th 1750 GMT Moon and Jupiter</h3><div style="text-align: left;">The good news was that the Moon and Jupiter were in the same field of view of my camera at 300mm focal length. The bad news was that it is not possible to do a good job without taking multiple exposures. With a DSLR, some experience and a bit of creativity, it is possible to show detail on the Moon and Jupiter's moons. The result with the addition of a telescope, it can get better still but, unfortunately, my back was still bad.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The first stage was to snap the Moon at ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure. That did not show Jupiter.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WRcMBLy4NuevNAfcT6-72WsHB4zG_HrIMRa8SdUZjCTsM61ZWlPPRTt53WWqacwEPDGCnNEc3SXC-tT_D2NJFtGdp2I8LcZguVgqyqqTyz9oP00qTEvua9Bco36anDY5SfQ80ZV7NbjMdwJYPJxCJWY18ToOH91BB4Ll4OMgsAExLSpC6OJN8A/s973/Moon_December29th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="940" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0WRcMBLy4NuevNAfcT6-72WsHB4zG_HrIMRa8SdUZjCTsM61ZWlPPRTt53WWqacwEPDGCnNEc3SXC-tT_D2NJFtGdp2I8LcZguVgqyqqTyz9oP00qTEvua9Bco36anDY5SfQ80ZV7NbjMdwJYPJxCJWY18ToOH91BB4Ll4OMgsAExLSpC6OJN8A/s320/Moon_December29th_2022.JPG" width="309" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>The next stage was to snap the Moon with Jupiter at ISO 100 and 1/50 second exposure.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhSuMJnqg1yBZ1uletmcBRXRHo95SzlHnm4ltbVjRZNp7sML35kYxY0wXRr22jI7-T21079P_p-OAu5kusyut55V6Ty78If227zwtWQ96WoFKOL5V2EDdsNXnNcoOEdGYoQztGV4TX803jsL9N7n3ig4eb14-g4k77KIJKvPD9NoPAyz9OJz0Aw/s6016/Moon_With_Jupiter_29_2022_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQhSuMJnqg1yBZ1uletmcBRXRHo95SzlHnm4ltbVjRZNp7sML35kYxY0wXRr22jI7-T21079P_p-OAu5kusyut55V6Ty78If227zwtWQ96WoFKOL5V2EDdsNXnNcoOEdGYoQztGV4TX803jsL9N7n3ig4eb14-g4k77KIJKvPD9NoPAyz9OJz0Aw/s320/Moon_With_Jupiter_29_2022_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">My shot of Jupiter's moons showed two to the right (east). I used my normal settings of ISO 6400 and 2 seconds exposure.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjosBYnlhrXkgtfOpyqUnIsyHHzl9QBYYSEg61M0CBYEFDulDwGunwcDxkJyCP1bYCb5WoE-h1EdnnWzfCzVIlZtz49V3g96TzhG1NDcBAgsSJ8ni6V0Ix2SGAronlDOOD4GrK4_QZhq5D4LNQdXiDRoiawOkYYfzIYh88GL8TrdB7fICurKN6QQA/s6016/Jupiters_Moons_December29th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjosBYnlhrXkgtfOpyqUnIsyHHzl9QBYYSEg61M0CBYEFDulDwGunwcDxkJyCP1bYCb5WoE-h1EdnnWzfCzVIlZtz49V3g96TzhG1NDcBAgsSJ8ni6V0Ix2SGAronlDOOD4GrK4_QZhq5D4LNQdXiDRoiawOkYYfzIYh88GL8TrdB7fICurKN6QQA/s320/Jupiters_Moons_December29th_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The final step is overlaying the shots of Jupiter's moons and the Moon onto the second photo (Jupiter with the Moon).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehIqnbcTFhuyjWjlO3mIm37ihxUNU4bSDHmIyePBku3xZElAkU4ZUCZdIONF8jyyZ1GnlF0DF_z9vamRgVUZUjpttTjdbjnzoOtZ_uPDTfK3HMH9vizItuzaUbwNQrSyXUunHVKmxzKHyZay3VWsVovt7YHq6u8WxgDowctC7JhnbXLXYvq6bhg/s6016/Moon_With_Jupiter_29_2022_03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgehIqnbcTFhuyjWjlO3mIm37ihxUNU4bSDHmIyePBku3xZElAkU4ZUCZdIONF8jyyZ1GnlF0DF_z9vamRgVUZUjpttTjdbjnzoOtZ_uPDTfK3HMH9vizItuzaUbwNQrSyXUunHVKmxzKHyZay3VWsVovt7YHq6u8WxgDowctC7JhnbXLXYvq6bhg/s320/Moon_With_Jupiter_29_2022_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 29th 1645 GMT Moon and Jupiter</h3><div style="text-align: left;">Conditions were rather clearer the next day. I had another go with my camera phone but followed up soon after with a better method.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MRBBjEDuxxB1neNuNLWnz3rEBZE--HYRcPVbHga9jDti4KQbdmAjutJB87cqoJPzVaPFPdqVBfwBVFMgzXxunZRRqnOBmMZu6696bH0Qh__BOxluvd-9L29HhM-r-qaXpTaq6tLRu4fM5TZhnB4lxx2TwPc76xJWNcg8CUxr57JAqkJhvmucBg/s2074/Moon_With_Jupiter_29_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1771" data-original-width="2074" height="273" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2MRBBjEDuxxB1neNuNLWnz3rEBZE--HYRcPVbHga9jDti4KQbdmAjutJB87cqoJPzVaPFPdqVBfwBVFMgzXxunZRRqnOBmMZu6696bH0Qh__BOxluvd-9L29HhM-r-qaXpTaq6tLRu4fM5TZhnB4lxx2TwPc76xJWNcg8CUxr57JAqkJhvmucBg/s320/Moon_With_Jupiter_29_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 28th Constellation Shot using new app</h3><div>I downloaded Sequator, another image processing application. I stacked 40 terribly bad shots from December 16th, which contained lots of cloud. GraXpert removed very little cloud. I finished in GIMP by boosting the contrast. I lost a lot of fainter objects, such as the Perseus Double Cluster but caught the main asterisms of Perseus, Triangulum and Aries, with the Pleaides (Seven Sisters) star cluster.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtU7IXATgJyv9Ax9d7cXesni8iugKrR2pOdsNCbEUylPZSxv_K7KEKugYrCrnqJojD0-0EsdBj6or4_QbSdEWqyiDTd54DhTo617-AOBnpmzsHimwb0PJkE_Peuo1CFeDDp9TCJXHwVlSrJGWbgvpnUFqQD4SJKNG9yD_1eM22glC_zxAGuV-jeQ/s6016/Pewseus_Triangulum_Aries_December16th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtU7IXATgJyv9Ax9d7cXesni8iugKrR2pOdsNCbEUylPZSxv_K7KEKugYrCrnqJojD0-0EsdBj6or4_QbSdEWqyiDTd54DhTo617-AOBnpmzsHimwb0PJkE_Peuo1CFeDDp9TCJXHwVlSrJGWbgvpnUFqQD4SJKNG9yD_1eM22glC_zxAGuV-jeQ/s320/Pewseus_Triangulum_Aries_December16th_2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: 18.72px; font-weight: 700;">December 28th 1715 GMT Moon and Jupiter</span></div><div><br /></div><div>My re-invented astronomical self saw the Moon under very cloudy skies. They cleared enough to show that Jupiter was nearby. I hate camera phones and lament the passing of the old compact digital cameras, which I had used, to good effect, for many years. I used automatic settings and maximum optical zoom of 10x. With my new direction being to try more experimental shots, I felt the need to try a method that had delivered success to others.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQssNyxsvCl9sI5B2W4hVHAxdGcxwPXuWyBOj2t1j4zycLrb_S_-K3fv4HhWgP3iUsugJRrnfAwb2ByuYHhkNTVGB1ZRV2SzF8fIaQFNI24FHe0izW830RFO0GR5YPswXFcXNejkzMWwzrsVIBlw0mvCHCyTEs9NJe6NnVJe09HUVGFBGpgfBDA/s570/Moon_With_Jupiter_December28th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="570" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigQssNyxsvCl9sI5B2W4hVHAxdGcxwPXuWyBOj2t1j4zycLrb_S_-K3fv4HhWgP3iUsugJRrnfAwb2ByuYHhkNTVGB1ZRV2SzF8fIaQFNI24FHe0izW830RFO0GR5YPswXFcXNejkzMWwzrsVIBlw0mvCHCyTEs9NJe6NnVJe09HUVGFBGpgfBDA/s320/Moon_With_Jupiter_December28th_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 26th 1220 GMT Sun</h3><div>Boxing Day yielded a great opportunity to photograph the Sun. Unfortunately, my back was bad, so I could not use my Maksutov. Instead, I scanned the solar disc with my binoculars and caught three sunspots.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0D-TEQkMc4eqUf0KrxsvLswGS_ZY2IuQ0tsFa8nV2a4ymYo-98FNMeu2Pqrp_4XGmsMMVfTtAS_tGyqbJuuzofbPMI_tXl_Xmmfax7mDi5dgaxlKNQQyUiDZf7kenH56mXoN1ENu9SPRX-fT3mkIvl16jUAo9yrGasGgV1gUjWSTzLce7sXrmw/s859/Sunspot_Drawing_December26th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="704" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW0D-TEQkMc4eqUf0KrxsvLswGS_ZY2IuQ0tsFa8nV2a4ymYo-98FNMeu2Pqrp_4XGmsMMVfTtAS_tGyqbJuuzofbPMI_tXl_Xmmfax7mDi5dgaxlKNQQyUiDZf7kenH56mXoN1ENu9SPRX-fT3mkIvl16jUAo9yrGasGgV1gUjWSTzLce7sXrmw/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_December26th_2022.JPG" width="262" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 25<sup>th</sup> Betelguese</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="margin-left: 36pt; text-align: left;">Of course, Christmas Day is
family time but I took some rubbish out, at various times in the evening. There
was some clear sky around but also various layers of thin cloud around. I made
various estimates of the brightness of Betelguese from magnitude 0.2 to -0.1.
This suggested that the real figure was about 0.05 but I could not be absolutely
certain.</div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt;"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 21<sup>st</sup> 1030 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On the day of the winter solstice in the northern
hemisphere, the sky was about 90% clear blue and the temperature was a tropical
feeling 8 degrees, about 10 degrees warmer than it had been. Unfortunately, one
of the few patches of cloud was partially obscuring the Sun. A bin scan did not
reveal any sunspots, although the Sun had been rather quieter than it had been,<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 20<sup>th</sup> 1010 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Despite the presence of sunspots on the Learmonth images, I
did not see any in my binoculars.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 16th 1815 GMT Meteor Hunt</h3><div>The weather was cloudy but I could see a few stars. I set up my camera at the usual settings.</div><div><br /></div><div>At 1819 GMT, I caught a faint sporadic meteor near Perseus.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFJVwUHy5jdMgLBPONTrATmHO4fwfyHFjQuNS0iCgYS6kRVYp7SjRHRmoyf0mkVWfIXXWCdq7uPW0gG0PbZoCTrb7XrMu9HTEHWNYj3a2fnt2Py7hDeDpo_-uWQYJJwDlVygLGFpG0DBjweuF_EBetPtNlhxrBBTUQASbAZCW7Fl57c7piFAA_g/s2024/Meteor_December16th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1720" data-original-width="2024" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEFJVwUHy5jdMgLBPONTrATmHO4fwfyHFjQuNS0iCgYS6kRVYp7SjRHRmoyf0mkVWfIXXWCdq7uPW0gG0PbZoCTrb7XrMu9HTEHWNYj3a2fnt2Py7hDeDpo_-uWQYJJwDlVygLGFpG0DBjweuF_EBetPtNlhxrBBTUQASbAZCW7Fl57c7piFAA_g/s320/Meteor_December16th_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>At 2125 GMT, I caught something strange. It looked rather like Venus near inferior conjunction. Something had made a curved track that did not appear on any surrounding photos. No claims of little green men but it was unidentified, it looked as if it was flying and it was an object.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0Qvv1oSRuAx7pa1DE2kfh5wiHbGAaRowrxKNFRZMd8tlB0wG2pYGkkoyyi7poNV00ibKRMcJY2Y591epfaTQZZgK02FFw0Vq0s7dveSb5WpM7NIIRmxsRpT4rhiYvL1MvxBC3JDDDCBnKqO0X6957hx35k2rH5m2N6zWtK2uTSWkWMJLpPJOQg/s363/UFO_December16th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="319" data-original-width="363" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp0Qvv1oSRuAx7pa1DE2kfh5wiHbGAaRowrxKNFRZMd8tlB0wG2pYGkkoyyi7poNV00ibKRMcJY2Y591epfaTQZZgK02FFw0Vq0s7dveSb5WpM7NIIRmxsRpT4rhiYvL1MvxBC3JDDDCBnKqO0X6957hx35k2rH5m2N6zWtK2uTSWkWMJLpPJOQg/s320/UFO_December16th_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 16th 1130 GMT Sun</h3><div><p class="MsoNormal">This nearly never happened. Even in southern England, the
late autumn and early winter sun never gets very far above the horizon. I
managed to line it up from our back garden, only to find that half of the solar
disc was hidden behind the roof of a nearby house. I had to cart the assembled
Maksutov, camera and remote shutter control to the front of the house, hurting
my back in the progress. In truth, as I’m not good sat lying, I nearly gave up
when it look about 10 minutes to get my first image. That caused its own
problems, as the Sun was less than 3 weeks away from its closest approach to
Earth, and almost completely filled the field of view. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fortunately, the sunspots on view in the camera viewfinder
made all the hassle worthwhile, especially as the weather forecast for the
forseeable future was cloud and rain, suggesting that I had probably a long
wait for a similar shot.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I used my normal settings of 1540mm focal length and ISO 100
but used a slightly longer exposure of 1/400 second (instead of the usual 1/500
second), as there was some low haze in the otherwise clear blue sky. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdYKCdKmgllb90XrLzjVmOmsn5vOeKEalZHEd_YkmPDMx3i3qTuW0Wh2W5HTb6M-TBN7vaKoexUH-xMOr21FKt22aS48DQ_RigAorNzI1sFMMxgEWWYkb_8Dj7LZVBLGjORbPKdwzSFLTXpAlQ0YpLWuJZnvkPJ6C-odjlhOzyt3AGC8Wl1Xe6w/s3839/Sun_December16th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3817" data-original-width="3839" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizdYKCdKmgllb90XrLzjVmOmsn5vOeKEalZHEd_YkmPDMx3i3qTuW0Wh2W5HTb6M-TBN7vaKoexUH-xMOr21FKt22aS48DQ_RigAorNzI1sFMMxgEWWYkb_8Dj7LZVBLGjORbPKdwzSFLTXpAlQ0YpLWuJZnvkPJ6C-odjlhOzyt3AGC8Wl1Xe6w/s320/Sun_December16th_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 15<sup>th</sup> 1830 GMT Meteor Hunt</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was clearer than the night before, so I aimed the camera
just above Castor, with the same settings. It was 286 fames and nearly an hour and a half later (1951 GMT) that before I caught a meteor on camera. Like the previous evening it was in the claws of Ursa Major but a lot fainter.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQKxgcOlCAd90Y-tP_o26swupVljkcEPR1Xb7yR14FOkjxViFYweMJ4ggvIFe6RphZMr_qeQ8bCw-3olioXZUhOkcS3c6NJOnm0W-lic4cRqj6jvK-JtSrMuyRIYpYWbrNtSOvXElsySE_3qsNT-C_iZvZZd3_nNP3W_Mtxowx2FHwnawfQALlw/s522/Meteor_December15th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="522" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieQKxgcOlCAd90Y-tP_o26swupVljkcEPR1Xb7yR14FOkjxViFYweMJ4ggvIFe6RphZMr_qeQ8bCw-3olioXZUhOkcS3c6NJOnm0W-lic4cRqj6jvK-JtSrMuyRIYpYWbrNtSOvXElsySE_3qsNT-C_iZvZZd3_nNP3W_Mtxowx2FHwnawfQALlw/s320/Meteor_December15th_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">At 2348 GMT, I caught an object that I could not identify.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplUi_rRnLhsQut3scp9OqzFhKzSpc6mSrOTfu4CoBTad1eS0aJVMd065Pq_r5rFYQeBnDXAVvAaPty-WB4phKB2hlJcDdY_G18hbhTVV9VyiwRfwo32jVAnxJCerLGkcpLI5SHFRW8ndvA-vFF4U9Qz537Lbs9Vauiwa5oeKM1fu6XzLM3rUWkw/s390/UFO_December15th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="330" data-original-width="390" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgplUi_rRnLhsQut3scp9OqzFhKzSpc6mSrOTfu4CoBTad1eS0aJVMd065Pq_r5rFYQeBnDXAVvAaPty-WB4phKB2hlJcDdY_G18hbhTVV9VyiwRfwo32jVAnxJCerLGkcpLI5SHFRW8ndvA-vFF4U9Qz537Lbs9Vauiwa5oeKM1fu6XzLM3rUWkw/s320/UFO_December15th_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 15th 1145 GMT Sun</h3><div>Now this sounds like a record that has been scratched and keeps repeating and repeating and repeated. How many of us in the corporate world get these updates from our IT departments? Rather than watch a screen doing nothing for a few minutes, I checked the Sun with my binoculars. Now if you think this is some form of skiving, I was hours late finishing work. In fact, as I was working, I had a camera outside, taking photos in an attempt to capture meteors.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JM9LX62jBfDPP-whhZ_qGdjvW5M4XHLYLG04NWTQ_fXrXIz2cruSRaUiV34yV3z8PlV6iGzH5g7o9fgx420K-tdTy18UhUn7QEkEwgX1oQJvxneZQSBi_FUmeCHZANI25Apj_qLsCpFxCcczz8Ph7X2JjPUWBU4u2ZApuUaVmyYskt162ZQlWQ/s902/Sunspot_Drawing_December15th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="722" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1JM9LX62jBfDPP-whhZ_qGdjvW5M4XHLYLG04NWTQ_fXrXIz2cruSRaUiV34yV3z8PlV6iGzH5g7o9fgx420K-tdTy18UhUn7QEkEwgX1oQJvxneZQSBi_FUmeCHZANI25Apj_qLsCpFxCcczz8Ph7X2JjPUWBU4u2ZApuUaVmyYskt162ZQlWQ/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_December15th_2022.JPG" width="256" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 15<sup>th</sup> 0715 GMT Moon</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I snapped the last quarter moon in the dawn sky with my DSLR
at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/400 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nmgeO9-0K4952cQ29MTzGIqVzH8tOSpxKecZ5XcULntndqHS24WdT8NC5bRi-c0WzzUfWaNW6WGPNVWVIAa4-Wx5KjNxYxS_0b1Pof51Hoi4xb-s-tP7ucvZ1HIDjvb4OezzMYofyvwxuw-lISIrlzIUoCgLUzWFhvBUi3FyjWe0A_WUfgr-sQ/s786/Moon_December15th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="490" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nmgeO9-0K4952cQ29MTzGIqVzH8tOSpxKecZ5XcULntndqHS24WdT8NC5bRi-c0WzzUfWaNW6WGPNVWVIAa4-Wx5KjNxYxS_0b1Pof51Hoi4xb-s-tP7ucvZ1HIDjvb4OezzMYofyvwxuw-lISIrlzIUoCgLUzWFhvBUi3FyjWe0A_WUfgr-sQ/s320/Moon_December15th_2022.JPG" width="199" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333;"><span style="font-size: large;">December 14th 2100 GMT Meteor Search and Betelguese</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333;">After some early cloud, it cleared. I aimed my camera just above Gemini in the hope of catching some Geminid shower meteors.</span><br style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><br style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333; font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" /><span face=""Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333;">At 2136 GMT, I caught a Geminid shower meteor near Mars.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhthGQb85vbySb24SEC13PIDMkD6BWz069dnzGHdxZltk_F1UZdJigVHzVaVzitDcexYHMjzCTflFOv2KO4Yp-cEuQiI6bLy106g-lxtkIac4qqIWR8KSP_u3wAJVd3sVlIw3XQmje0-tkviXE_XL6nGQX9QfhanJRzwpSg7KEOg6LFZlinVwbaQ/s1139/Meteor_With_Mars_December14th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="1122" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhthGQb85vbySb24SEC13PIDMkD6BWz069dnzGHdxZltk_F1UZdJigVHzVaVzitDcexYHMjzCTflFOv2KO4Yp-cEuQiI6bLy106g-lxtkIac4qqIWR8KSP_u3wAJVd3sVlIw3XQmje0-tkviXE_XL6nGQX9QfhanJRzwpSg7KEOg6LFZlinVwbaQ/s320/Meteor_With_Mars_December14th_2022.JPG" width="315" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333;">At 2149 GMT, I caught another shower meteor in the bear's claws.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAAp_Sn6Dve-TvTLh5OSAOofxqSht-uV_ZPBb_HrR3iEtR8_rnepdbkY_kIRUGpDrp8d5IidpAZmBF3kI3hsVO0_03UnntnvoBJg6BHvpaKNugaDAZENlGDzVedIaTiozMa7lD4XuoDdHvDSPdi-cDdhiG6WPDSP-lxM-RHM1CrBDBhpPeQW0_w/s2365/Meteor_December14th_2022_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1859" data-original-width="2365" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnAAp_Sn6Dve-TvTLh5OSAOofxqSht-uV_ZPBb_HrR3iEtR8_rnepdbkY_kIRUGpDrp8d5IidpAZmBF3kI3hsVO0_03UnntnvoBJg6BHvpaKNugaDAZENlGDzVedIaTiozMa7lD4XuoDdHvDSPdi-cDdhiG6WPDSP-lxM-RHM1CrBDBhpPeQW0_w/s320/Meteor_December14th_2022_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333;">At 2214 GMT, I caught a UFO. No claims of LGM but I had definitely caught something I couldn't explain.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmn27qX6avmwUuPjLghd_hLIQcOIyk4zowBrmANSVg1qa5cE88KQCx2yHJcIah9hIVd8nsC4-p-2nw3sjL0H3Av29_CzXnkllL73iiSBHOvNsIPW8oQ2R95swwZUI8Cs7QtTlIgicng44ZqjT5u5MJrqcsLhGocrs4b1tmTVgnQetcLxxT63S-TA/s391/UFO_December14th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="391" data-original-width="380" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmn27qX6avmwUuPjLghd_hLIQcOIyk4zowBrmANSVg1qa5cE88KQCx2yHJcIah9hIVd8nsC4-p-2nw3sjL0H3Av29_CzXnkllL73iiSBHOvNsIPW8oQ2R95swwZUI8Cs7QtTlIgicng44ZqjT5u5MJrqcsLhGocrs4b1tmTVgnQetcLxxT63S-TA/s320/UFO_December14th_2022.JPG" width="311" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Lucida Grande", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #e1ebf2; color: #333333;">Capella appeared slightly brighter than Betelguese but, comparing Capella with Rigel, it was obvious that extinction was significant and that partly explained why Betelguese appeared to be much brighter than Rigel. I ended up with an estimate of 0.0 to 0.1 for Betelguese.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 10th 0920 GMT Sun</h3><div>A binocular scan revealed just two sunspots, close to rotating off the solar disc. Some fainter sunspots were visible in the Learmonth images that might have appeared under better conditions.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6m6zW30Q5rOPaMunUNemDJDjAY4YyzAUy7y44ZdLs0s3CAc_JeW3SUi_KdqsojK_vxRwrH0JjrMWprlWB5xWHrbGYMI6jZ4I5xaHFFnipdpY3CerDbhB1IKGISo8l-WzS_RqsL6O4AwR7k0cE_3S6p3rXNaXOB2vYMXhILGuaCqSBk1DtmAMVdA/s897/Sunspot_Drawing_December10th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="897" data-original-width="721" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6m6zW30Q5rOPaMunUNemDJDjAY4YyzAUy7y44ZdLs0s3CAc_JeW3SUi_KdqsojK_vxRwrH0JjrMWprlWB5xWHrbGYMI6jZ4I5xaHFFnipdpY3CerDbhB1IKGISo8l-WzS_RqsL6O4AwR7k0cE_3S6p3rXNaXOB2vYMXhILGuaCqSBk1DtmAMVdA/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_December10th_2022.JPG" width="257" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 9th 1900 GMT Moon and Mars</h3><div>I had another go at Mars and the Moon.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1HeGHSatwctcbaa0uMl4cgZZyckm1V4HBlooy1FOt_kBxwk-FRXWnyS0TaDYFEQuXKlKVzWOgbYX_uNRvDto1S-w-JcyhXOkz_UXYMTnNvonT-GOUFxHC_Zfpai8PzlWcs_6s81nWpyNnTtxHuiF6UrguynwEfh5WP6KirrTy5OASz3TjLe4Fw/s720/Moon_December9th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="698" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1HeGHSatwctcbaa0uMl4cgZZyckm1V4HBlooy1FOt_kBxwk-FRXWnyS0TaDYFEQuXKlKVzWOgbYX_uNRvDto1S-w-JcyhXOkz_UXYMTnNvonT-GOUFxHC_Zfpai8PzlWcs_6s81nWpyNnTtxHuiF6UrguynwEfh5WP6KirrTy5OASz3TjLe4Fw/s320/Moon_December9th_2022.JPG" width="310" /></a></div><br /><div>No luck with Mars or that of Jupiter's disc but I bagged all four moons for the first time, handheld!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9tJUSwPkASQMP0_GjCFY8_vofmfoWq1NiUqR0pv7KF56QmWvNawK8Ky5VKX8bFV3vImSq3v409snCh6gtpEN1AOtqqB5m0-KdNs5vt7WESQFIrDiFhtdqdzf-9vvghLD-QtKkGdAuZIqC1OgwNqLYfWGyo8cOiyd1to9k2Q6SkHgEcLbPwnEWw/s770/Jupiters_Moons_December9th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="770" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR9tJUSwPkASQMP0_GjCFY8_vofmfoWq1NiUqR0pv7KF56QmWvNawK8Ky5VKX8bFV3vImSq3v409snCh6gtpEN1AOtqqB5m0-KdNs5vt7WESQFIrDiFhtdqdzf-9vvghLD-QtKkGdAuZIqC1OgwNqLYfWGyo8cOiyd1to9k2Q6SkHgEcLbPwnEWw/s320/Jupiters_Moons_December9th_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 8<sup>th</sup> Perseus Reprocessed</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It had taken over a day to process this image using DeepSky
Stacker, GraXpert and GIMP. It shows the constellation of Perseus, with the
Seven Sisters (a.k.a Pleiades, M45) to the south and Aries and Triangulum to
the east.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuWbw7_kkYQoZkVSi8MpbY6ui7N9mdcae3lj_vDFI98I4esNpIl-7CMD7de1cYw5aHOGHnblcv_DjXOf1W6LiIAxanSUR2lP8eSZ0ZOWjVyGQKrCGlvs9vAN_yEjLtBXoTujMw4zJXMCpl0sbem-2AXeHZePmwCFFVwhU5VQRhH1qB3e2R2RJ6w/s6016/Perseus_Triangulum_Aries_November18th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtuWbw7_kkYQoZkVSi8MpbY6ui7N9mdcae3lj_vDFI98I4esNpIl-7CMD7de1cYw5aHOGHnblcv_DjXOf1W6LiIAxanSUR2lP8eSZ0ZOWjVyGQKrCGlvs9vAN_yEjLtBXoTujMw4zJXMCpl0sbem-2AXeHZePmwCFFVwhU5VQRhH1qB3e2R2RJ6w/s320/Perseus_Triangulum_Aries_November18th_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;">December 8<sup>th</sup> 2020 GMT Moon and Mars</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I repeated the same shot as on 7<sup>th</sup> but the Moon
had moved to the east of Mars.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptdkrzs2ZFD0ts4gq-mC6s9akuH6frCDwMHDf3yE0kPgzvIFHY3roDdEtjKBpUGZdcrMweIDUTJR6qf-KPzrLUTk8qUep0-j6Z71UFgjt1bzoZPov5fUepQJjwXe0mJcT6bSrSt9km1p2hTUNztGRiV1kcNQqM264lPAVH-ahIillykCSDiBP-w/s743/Moon_December8th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="698" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgptdkrzs2ZFD0ts4gq-mC6s9akuH6frCDwMHDf3yE0kPgzvIFHY3roDdEtjKBpUGZdcrMweIDUTJR6qf-KPzrLUTk8qUep0-j6Z71UFgjt1bzoZPov5fUepQJjwXe0mJcT6bSrSt9km1p2hTUNztGRiV1kcNQqM264lPAVH-ahIillykCSDiBP-w/s320/Moon_December8th_2022.JPG" width="301" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_GVHpjB2BH1l4cLFovcbbNOvEhEXVoiZ_mv3DsI2XS16eP1B9jylB4cjuJPN13S_5MArFn-iL6IfK6C5_axFlITd1JWzHFFKQMfCt4Vy5IgcfqjiAcFHvggfnsTaJU3SApwajEED0GHrm8RTKRvDYGmREI8Xdi4mll44O_DhbNdwE6sx53z1pCg/s6016/Moon_With_Mars_December8th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_GVHpjB2BH1l4cLFovcbbNOvEhEXVoiZ_mv3DsI2XS16eP1B9jylB4cjuJPN13S_5MArFn-iL6IfK6C5_axFlITd1JWzHFFKQMfCt4Vy5IgcfqjiAcFHvggfnsTaJU3SApwajEED0GHrm8RTKRvDYGmREI8Xdi4mll44O_DhbNdwE6sx53z1pCg/s320/Moon_With_Mars_December8th_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 8<sup>th</sup> 0845 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I had to restart my work computer, so <i> </i>took a
sneaky look at our nearest and dearest star with my binoculars and filters. It
was still active and one sunspot had apparently split into two.<span style="color: #7f7f7f; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: #7f7f7f; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf28qybKre62JkrxoWWjzfwmoLOQO2dVs8B_XbIQRyokVrAgqWMH4AvpeZJsfF27xTcTJHkGwfDUZF9ALDtC05osip7QfMa38Ati_Ft1WcH90Ru7lUdhF6E2p5wSlDBCkc9MCyo9zH9HHLslOcr5V_Xx9Dh_XZM3nK722OuONJrZAkYttiWTyDqQ/s894/Sunspot_Drawing_December8th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="729" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf28qybKre62JkrxoWWjzfwmoLOQO2dVs8B_XbIQRyokVrAgqWMH4AvpeZJsfF27xTcTJHkGwfDUZF9ALDtC05osip7QfMa38Ati_Ft1WcH90Ru7lUdhF6E2p5wSlDBCkc9MCyo9zH9HHLslOcr5V_Xx9Dh_XZM3nK722OuONJrZAkYttiWTyDqQ/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_December8th_2022.JPG" width="261" /></a></div><br /> <o:p></o:p><p></p></div><h3>December 7th 2150 GMT Betelguese</h3><div>I remember the unprecedented fading of Betelguese but the exact opposite was happening. I'm familiar with Betelguese appearing brighter than Rigel, due to extinction but equalling Capella? With the extinction of Betelguese being nearer the horizon, I estimated it to be -0,1, the brightest I had ever seen it.</div><h3>December 7th 1950 GMT Moon and Mars</h3><div style="text-align: left;">The Moon and Mars were close, ahead of an occultation in the early hours of 8th. I started with the Moon with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/1600 second exposure.but </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqVJ__iA1PpxX552B2hdpO85ICS9gOGrhzhr1MAgjGYdac0Qagp49pM1XkjlFr8oNKjgqJQYUpyeLWfsl3QjIOD2OalGljP7nzGJPKg8YLSA6Jqt0O57A3JuR1CZv5k0NurKEWDC4yhcmkQZAil2JphdgYN1_UPdCJIzAwVogi56j94b8K03KN_g/s764/Moon_December7th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="748" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqVJ__iA1PpxX552B2hdpO85ICS9gOGrhzhr1MAgjGYdac0Qagp49pM1XkjlFr8oNKjgqJQYUpyeLWfsl3QjIOD2OalGljP7nzGJPKg8YLSA6Jqt0O57A3JuR1CZv5k0NurKEWDC4yhcmkQZAil2JphdgYN1_UPdCJIzAwVogi56j94b8K03KN_g/s320/Moon_December7th_2022.JPG" width="313" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I snapped Mars at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/320 second exposure. It showed some albedo features.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50hwm7pWRYIubE_GTYTUMOJQ-2hu73anhbDcnR8rbhNOC0EQx8oDArIabDYpcvhX1Jz6q9s6svxzdxuCxwrbE6w-KXbebSAaU0-KEzseQvmR3mki5LTbEfxbgYVJEe20DSHq7Ae3Pb311IaI1dW49U70-f_Pup4vbBO7aOwx1xUTVumcRsaKlVw/s500/Mars_December7th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50hwm7pWRYIubE_GTYTUMOJQ-2hu73anhbDcnR8rbhNOC0EQx8oDArIabDYpcvhX1Jz6q9s6svxzdxuCxwrbE6w-KXbebSAaU0-KEzseQvmR3mki5LTbEfxbgYVJEe20DSHq7Ae3Pb311IaI1dW49U70-f_Pup4vbBO7aOwx1xUTVumcRsaKlVw/s320/Mars_December7th_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I overlaid the two images onto a photo of the Moon with Mars at a longer exposure.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDHSPBMcgAoXNKW0stGGPJ1bsu6LtTwoKH2r0_-HKICdxoWH0YdZXLJEwNzTWpSi4YJ5M-uBZ4S47-XipgcL936bl1Evprp1OOwMmim5HR5F0h4AoPO5chkQv1O1SdQEyk4K2Qxe8UZA6cui_D6q4zKpBPIKrRkTOi0mlocDGEr3ti2b7YftNVA/s6016/Moon_With_Mars_December7th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGDHSPBMcgAoXNKW0stGGPJ1bsu6LtTwoKH2r0_-HKICdxoWH0YdZXLJEwNzTWpSi4YJ5M-uBZ4S47-XipgcL936bl1Evprp1OOwMmim5HR5F0h4AoPO5chkQv1O1SdQEyk4K2Qxe8UZA6cui_D6q4zKpBPIKrRkTOi0mlocDGEr3ti2b7YftNVA/s320/Moon_With_Mars_December7th_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 6th Constellation Reprocess</h3><div>I reprocessed a shot from November 4th showing Auriga, Taurus and Mars. The originals were poor. I stacked 50 cloudy images, then used GraXpert to remove some of the haze. The final result was OK but not a classic.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSh7YRrL0nOB_k_xB2V1XolHDjSQ-yjePVvLTy6cM3wnL4yoALRIMgZVSNHgpgvlYeZds_CQ4XzOTngYFh0s9V9lMpFEmWmaRfRyKmJVA28ZZ3unKoO_Bigy0WcJvcIcgU0Yl0d_yhCWY3TfC__-GrBOIYbeZrKpH1XljiPgu_EJegDnFtY1S3Q/s6016/Auriga_Taurus_Mars_November4th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxSh7YRrL0nOB_k_xB2V1XolHDjSQ-yjePVvLTy6cM3wnL4yoALRIMgZVSNHgpgvlYeZds_CQ4XzOTngYFh0s9V9lMpFEmWmaRfRyKmJVA28ZZ3unKoO_Bigy0WcJvcIcgU0Yl0d_yhCWY3TfC__-GrBOIYbeZrKpH1XljiPgu_EJegDnFtY1S3Q/s320/Auriga_Taurus_Mars_November4th_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 6<sup>th</sup> 1200 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A problem I had with focussing my binoculars seemed to have
disappeared, conveniently! This meant that I could get better resolution of
sunspots and my first view of the Sun in December was spectacular! If it was a
weekend and not a work day, I would have time to get my Maksutov out and do a
thorough shoot. Still, I had to be grateful for the opportunity to see such an
active Sun after a period where it was difficult to see anything at all.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsJ8l1IWlJHZlkXXzpveLJXKtPv8W4t2BhB7z-wO5MyH7_b29edIX4TnD_hl3BqpJKC6RzGgJgl2J9hhWqm3RovTbFpVTIzriiLfXpav-khT9xp-U-JX3q3Cglz2NTEP4KY_3Y4hd6NHo4RFgH2Grbk1-OgzoKIh6EWysx-gGltStm7WoUYKmaQ/s888/Sunspot_Drawing_December6th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="731" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHsJ8l1IWlJHZlkXXzpveLJXKtPv8W4t2BhB7z-wO5MyH7_b29edIX4TnD_hl3BqpJKC6RzGgJgl2J9hhWqm3RovTbFpVTIzriiLfXpav-khT9xp-U-JX3q3Cglz2NTEP4KY_3Y4hd6NHo4RFgH2Grbk1-OgzoKIh6EWysx-gGltStm7WoUYKmaQ/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_December6th_2022.JPG" width="263" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 4th Moon Reprocess</h3><div>With the weather even worse, I decided to have another go at reprocessing some lunar shots using Autostakkert. This time, I tried setting my alignment points on the lunar limb and it worked. This stack was from some full disc lunar images from October 17th.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48DxItW3T41FA_o0kkmH1VIfuk9suOleDLv15ip0RiWXqggWJO9pE0W4YXbGeajVEDVhdR76g2sKJq9UZJg-0OL4f87zg854SWqiYoN1q7M01BfkMvV6UlHyto0zjrStFoK7mWdWHwL-wKzzzHyoBjavxVzpYGPTMUl9MADp_KQUP8XUaNkZqLg/s3388/Moon_October17th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3388" data-original-width="2723" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48DxItW3T41FA_o0kkmH1VIfuk9suOleDLv15ip0RiWXqggWJO9pE0W4YXbGeajVEDVhdR76g2sKJq9UZJg-0OL4f87zg854SWqiYoN1q7M01BfkMvV6UlHyto0zjrStFoK7mWdWHwL-wKzzzHyoBjavxVzpYGPTMUl9MADp_KQUP8XUaNkZqLg/s320/Moon_October17th_2022.JPG" width="257" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 3rd 2210 GMT Moon</h3><div>I tried a repeat of the previous night's shoot but the result was just nowhere near as good.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjVoK0N31LGebicJIP6uikWDrhMYiCqm1PIyTuWHO4dREkYp-JSAqEVvseflRmQVBRaM3qJ-7JkMD9LO4tA_qnIlTWbhcJJSslzq6msA5oJDQ8YmY4Xxzljtn4gaz6VjlPN3bciQnBH7y0gTesI-HeaggdtGdEdFMmaPXf8HkLO4Kf-IBEXDs7Qg/s754/Moon_December3rd_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="754" data-original-width="671" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjVoK0N31LGebicJIP6uikWDrhMYiCqm1PIyTuWHO4dREkYp-JSAqEVvseflRmQVBRaM3qJ-7JkMD9LO4tA_qnIlTWbhcJJSslzq6msA5oJDQ8YmY4Xxzljtn4gaz6VjlPN3bciQnBH7y0gTesI-HeaggdtGdEdFMmaPXf8HkLO4Kf-IBEXDs7Qg/s320/Moon_December3rd_2022.JPG" width="285" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">December 2nd 2000 GMT Moon</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Conditions were awful but I had a go anyway through thick
cloud with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/100 second
exposure. <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwAnP8_Af49dfjlIbLZphHGMXAKSVSGQaNmvCd1irBFzzn5VrH6-trYhcGcVKXVgBLKZHymecZ4a9vfp63ZObfQwOvd66lVA5WJ96CZZZvlwbrwJ9Fb4KWgaSQWUavSifwRw1D02PjDcfu_UBiRtnXzrIUzJCqdB6nkUoMi5edRBLdiy8_MGINQ/s786/Moon_December2nd_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="786" data-original-width="632" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwAnP8_Af49dfjlIbLZphHGMXAKSVSGQaNmvCd1irBFzzn5VrH6-trYhcGcVKXVgBLKZHymecZ4a9vfp63ZObfQwOvd66lVA5WJ96CZZZvlwbrwJ9Fb4KWgaSQWUavSifwRw1D02PjDcfu_UBiRtnXzrIUzJCqdB6nkUoMi5edRBLdiy8_MGINQ/s320/Moon_December2nd_2022.JPG" width="257" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-10700357663218486102022-11-04T04:06:00.041-07:002022-12-02T16:56:11.969-08:00November 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 28<sup>th</sup> Jovian Moons, Deep Sky and
Betelguese</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I snapped Jupiter’s moons with my DSLR at 300mm focal
length, ISO 6400 and 2 seconds exposure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVFI0Wi770hZyGKvWFZrUnW2Xo7Cer399TwYdscElXRSYvEHXOjcBbOPX8kUcF0IbraFJzEuJ3glQFOMwAoQqSinvJMzkBT-OVMciGT5SfD9uOuai9j9bSVf7V0qrp6hmxyPSKpFlRAK0gtqGGMX8_zTBxfDlTWUgG8oDiMSOETg-7Y_lXqNLvg/s6016/Jupiter_With_Moons_November28th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPVFI0Wi770hZyGKvWFZrUnW2Xo7Cer399TwYdscElXRSYvEHXOjcBbOPX8kUcF0IbraFJzEuJ3glQFOMwAoQqSinvJMzkBT-OVMciGT5SfD9uOuai9j9bSVf7V0qrp6hmxyPSKpFlRAK0gtqGGMX8_zTBxfDlTWUgG8oDiMSOETg-7Y_lXqNLvg/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_November28th2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I changed my settings to 70mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 8
seconds exposure. I took a few frames of some deep sky targets.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I started with the Hyades.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpsknCvdGInq0MTRvfdM3SL3GmeUSgqGnoUbJYomysTuRPJSBrPmrjfmGho0Z8k0NNUckEN0rRf2YM8lDYlimpsEqDni6Ns0ExYcK8jGxeKv7nbIOdotPEADMIptdsjCaD04lf9HY0QrfUZ0it0hgSIRKrT7QGzh9LxQFLwG6sesaTqx61FbZKA/s6016/Hyades_November28th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMpsknCvdGInq0MTRvfdM3SL3GmeUSgqGnoUbJYomysTuRPJSBrPmrjfmGho0Z8k0NNUckEN0rRf2YM8lDYlimpsEqDni6Ns0ExYcK8jGxeKv7nbIOdotPEADMIptdsjCaD04lf9HY0QrfUZ0it0hgSIRKrT7QGzh9LxQFLwG6sesaTqx61FbZKA/s320/Hyades_November28th2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>I moved to the Pleaides (M45). It took a lot of processing using GraXpert as well as GIMP.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibk99uIQqFCJ7eqwQ7B6aSPeVgP_Kh6UwtquSHR9EVXGId9BCpszGnQuVqaKtCCv1FQGWQJYm6CU0mBgVt6rGqM7J4mIK8SUhfmSsb-nbbVZYsgw8Eau5J9Og0MAHXFvrAuZ6tzjfxn5YasccUi6iEuWeS6mlcMvQ9ZIT2C8OQ3kQyGsdrRg9mw/s6016/Pleiades_November28th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgibk99uIQqFCJ7eqwQ7B6aSPeVgP_Kh6UwtquSHR9EVXGId9BCpszGnQuVqaKtCCv1FQGWQJYm6CU0mBgVt6rGqM7J4mIK8SUhfmSsb-nbbVZYsgw8Eau5J9Og0MAHXFvrAuZ6tzjfxn5YasccUi6iEuWeS6mlcMvQ9ZIT2C8OQ3kQyGsdrRg9mw/s320/Pleiades_November28th2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then the Orion Great Nebula (M42) but the skyglow near the
horizon was bad.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lastly, M35 in Gemini.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihlBPm_fD-DOvVkK_e3FdXi4WDTKKL78IrkQq-keSjkiPlR6SMDJes_oHuUmCIDjb57SQHOJBzNnojHS46xlwOlIV5X_olqpaby7M_jU3qudxpOSx02HlLz2v3geFRCS9x36QEA6fxDBkHlhUr7imdHbiMsYAPYiQ2Fq_SHhFN4LYQH6mO5lFElQ/s6016/M35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihlBPm_fD-DOvVkK_e3FdXi4WDTKKL78IrkQq-keSjkiPlR6SMDJes_oHuUmCIDjb57SQHOJBzNnojHS46xlwOlIV5X_olqpaby7M_jU3qudxpOSx02HlLz2v3geFRCS9x36QEA6fxDBkHlhUr7imdHbiMsYAPYiQ2Fq_SHhFN4LYQH6mO5lFElQ/s320/M35.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 22<sup>nd</sup> 1220 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I bin scanned the Sun in poor conditions and caught a single
sunspot.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidS47NX2i8rjo6R9Jk3ZDsX4gMYBeCmrs8jy3rjs2ViBsQuDxATyLlgXriFSRIe51e9Bnak9lvJHsgZW83YiF-gqlZV049wARhV12EEkLkD2VyyWGFtc92Gj4MghmrLa1fdfBNeGty8vJ6DsD-pZgTvQuZPztDYXXXw6U8x7VKD8MJ9UYe_tKM4g/s894/SunSpot_Drawing_November22nd2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="734" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidS47NX2i8rjo6R9Jk3ZDsX4gMYBeCmrs8jy3rjs2ViBsQuDxATyLlgXriFSRIe51e9Bnak9lvJHsgZW83YiF-gqlZV049wARhV12EEkLkD2VyyWGFtc92Gj4MghmrLa1fdfBNeGty8vJ6DsD-pZgTvQuZPztDYXXXw6U8x7VKD8MJ9UYe_tKM4g/s320/SunSpot_Drawing_November22nd2022.JPG" width="263" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 22<sup>nd</sup> 0700 GMT</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I snapped the Moon in the dawn sky. It was a thin crescent,
the day before a new moon and I used settings of 300mm focal length, ISO100 and
1/200 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjij2JNTlXMrjCu_khI2uMRoCN14Wv3Avy_l2f7a-J37dbPh7YgbYzwsWloh2rqZDC_0LkDfTq_PSPqyGd7SX4SEmZYFYJTTpqoDOk0kD6D-6uy23XVfBC2l1hBFrf0yd8yZPkpbxM7FKbVYX1JEaMKNoejaNJ7jN2ih56wvG1ufKwA6Y2I_LuJSQ/s528/Moon_November22nd2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="528" data-original-width="517" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjij2JNTlXMrjCu_khI2uMRoCN14Wv3Avy_l2f7a-J37dbPh7YgbYzwsWloh2rqZDC_0LkDfTq_PSPqyGd7SX4SEmZYFYJTTpqoDOk0kD6D-6uy23XVfBC2l1hBFrf0yd8yZPkpbxM7FKbVYX1JEaMKNoejaNJ7jN2ih56wvG1ufKwA6Y2I_LuJSQ/s320/Moon_November22nd2022.JPG" width="313" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3>November 20th 1830 GMT Meteor Hunt</h3><div><br /></div><div>Unfortunately, I did not catch any meteors on camera.</div><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 20th 1200 GMT Sun</h3><div>I photographed the Sun with my Maksutov and DSLR at 1540mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMO1fUTXTaWEiaU6O4tNd5y680-ntcltmxcOwRflI50nEd5pw7dvDdPGvIU1KIqiRUbxLOW-SpbGJQ9X15SpMv3RSaCfZslnji3s1gK19zMSOqdyJ6pwhl7q4NRV69HvLzb56kxCgSQyz60GK1mq_WDhj2xW0WSbStL3wd274V6EhSP03qUi9BSQ/s3839/Sun_November19th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3828" data-original-width="3839" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMO1fUTXTaWEiaU6O4tNd5y680-ntcltmxcOwRflI50nEd5pw7dvDdPGvIU1KIqiRUbxLOW-SpbGJQ9X15SpMv3RSaCfZslnji3s1gK19zMSOqdyJ6pwhl7q4NRV69HvLzb56kxCgSQyz60GK1mq_WDhj2xW0WSbStL3wd274V6EhSP03qUi9BSQ/s320/Sun_November19th2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><h3>November 19th 1235 GMT</h3><div>I photographed the Sun with my Maksutov and DSLR at 1540mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure.</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUSfekJnLMlMDsxm7kD9-C0swW5uzvW7JbCzCZWFNdnZeV5HdORzKQBKh_jH4wC7ZnhKWNdDfovh6XibgYAhsPMAd_MglucItm9jbRbsCGEN9JldAmkpSymXQPVTBHnIFabw8EpuH1TAZnS1PKWTFss8aviRxud5KCkSX1y4Eq470vZGa9M00Y2w/s3856/Sun_November19th2022A.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3801" data-original-width="3856" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUSfekJnLMlMDsxm7kD9-C0swW5uzvW7JbCzCZWFNdnZeV5HdORzKQBKh_jH4wC7ZnhKWNdDfovh6XibgYAhsPMAd_MglucItm9jbRbsCGEN9JldAmkpSymXQPVTBHnIFabw8EpuH1TAZnS1PKWTFss8aviRxud5KCkSX1y4Eq470vZGa9M00Y2w/s320/Sun_November19th2022A.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 19th 0030 GMT Meteor Hunt</h3><div style="text-align: left;">I continued to search for meteors but a lot of cloud had moved in and I did not capture any.</div><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 18<sup>th</sup> 1830 GMT Meteor Hunt</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">It was clear, so I set a meteor trap. I set my camera at my
usual settiings of 18mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 6 seconds exposure, set to
take photos every 12 seconds. I aimed at Perseus, with the Pleiades. There was
the Taurid meteor streams active in the area, so a chance to catch some.</p><p class="MsoNormal">At 2205 GMT, a strange, unidentified object appeared.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3Wz1uMNc8qmUPE-SMIp38AjND2Mf-CfkNLdoVcZUhESSRh9s57fuWifpxqGG10tdTvJLUdVgslSLVw3ZTHMs89sOr7KOI0oL73BulPVd-LRkOrOl_56zYRttiWmQn0PNvtBfKVlESDZ3xjFeK3coSswkqILBNlyAcrdDGd61igu8livd8RxKGA/s440/UFO_November18th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="440" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK3Wz1uMNc8qmUPE-SMIp38AjND2Mf-CfkNLdoVcZUhESSRh9s57fuWifpxqGG10tdTvJLUdVgslSLVw3ZTHMs89sOr7KOI0oL73BulPVd-LRkOrOl_56zYRttiWmQn0PNvtBfKVlESDZ3xjFeK3coSswkqILBNlyAcrdDGd61igu8livd8RxKGA/s320/UFO_November18th2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I processed a single frame of Perseus to get this shot.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVCwGAz3NSTDz92WZUOuusPehapgeNsYlAo-o1C0LaWW4wzVjTeDzANmeGXatVRo4GKIDBuJWBRt3Fchgy1Q1M0V8BJhDv3v5YXjaxgUHCKAUV22niD4dwa6-U8DwhcK-Z8gbkZGz375obbAWzOAbYG6vjSYluNeKJ3gAazd6IuYX7-yUqpUn3w/s6016/Perseus_November18th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVCwGAz3NSTDz92WZUOuusPehapgeNsYlAo-o1C0LaWW4wzVjTeDzANmeGXatVRo4GKIDBuJWBRt3Fchgy1Q1M0V8BJhDv3v5YXjaxgUHCKAUV22niD4dwa6-U8DwhcK-Z8gbkZGz375obbAWzOAbYG6vjSYluNeKJ3gAazd6IuYX7-yUqpUn3w/s320/Perseus_November18th2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">GraXpert kept crashing my computer, so I just processed another single frame in GIMP.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0MGv0TnOgoaND5yGMGqh7-D60tb1u2gKSepSusOrEqCFPOfd6nesjAGa6Xe4n-GL9jX6Lp8CbF72AjZ7ZiqHaPvm_t7GZDe_1YzqiOXxZ_qoprUxbeg7hpKOFNwqr18XamkjAbPk1nYM3T953sdtu7k2_clECua4AMHv_x6o9eh-5aRC-zMU4Q/s6016/Taurus_And_Auriga_November18th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM0MGv0TnOgoaND5yGMGqh7-D60tb1u2gKSepSusOrEqCFPOfd6nesjAGa6Xe4n-GL9jX6Lp8CbF72AjZ7ZiqHaPvm_t7GZDe_1YzqiOXxZ_qoprUxbeg7hpKOFNwqr18XamkjAbPk1nYM3T953sdtu7k2_clECua4AMHv_x6o9eh-5aRC-zMU4Q/s320/Taurus_And_Auriga_November18th2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 18th 0695 GMT Moon</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I snapped the Moon with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO
100 and 1/500 second exposure.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCG2cgCGqXsFlkKlFGPL4uIYEvxRiekbHWR-YHQhMbr7XfjHSicVa4zF09SOybAQJTzNkK12HIGIZ9qjjgJAN0TrtlTah0QkAiYz0otxduR2sW5giPnLGp-U_ileMWAclX8Ys2TXG-wK-GsQl2UbxxjIi1AdjPktjNNgi8gItEFuYZj3yopJ-Bzg/s665/Moon_November18th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="665" data-original-width="622" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCG2cgCGqXsFlkKlFGPL4uIYEvxRiekbHWR-YHQhMbr7XfjHSicVa4zF09SOybAQJTzNkK12HIGIZ9qjjgJAN0TrtlTah0QkAiYz0otxduR2sW5giPnLGp-U_ileMWAclX8Ys2TXG-wK-GsQl2UbxxjIi1AdjPktjNNgi8gItEFuYZj3yopJ-Bzg/s320/Moon_November18th2022.JPG" width="299" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 17th 1200 GMT Sun</h3><div>I bin scanned the Sun and saw a single sunspot that had probably just rotated onto the solar disc. The previous active regions had rotated to the far side of the Sun.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUg7GvLQskEnVVa0Lt975FQijewl0i2fVMD_9HdRBIGecxjRIP8bZ4CdyHSya5Q_zbWHs7mkbdwdDL9YQCH_BaxAK7UCty97v43bPjgXAAoqh2ctWnjHTMCQCI_hOMM_S3bSelw3qe4MWDx4SLxaagS2CSpVdBp8Q-T6tA4yp88dvQOVgrcy9Fg/s893/SunSpot_Drawing_November17th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="738" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbUg7GvLQskEnVVa0Lt975FQijewl0i2fVMD_9HdRBIGecxjRIP8bZ4CdyHSya5Q_zbWHs7mkbdwdDL9YQCH_BaxAK7UCty97v43bPjgXAAoqh2ctWnjHTMCQCI_hOMM_S3bSelw3qe4MWDx4SLxaagS2CSpVdBp8Q-T6tA4yp88dvQOVgrcy9Fg/s320/SunSpot_Drawing_November17th2022.JPG" width="264" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 13<sup>th</sup> 1750 GMT Planetary Moons and Meteor
Hunt</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>Jupiter and Saturn were both prominent in the early evening
sky and I attempted to capture their moons with my DSLR at 300mm focal length,
ISO 6400 and 2 seconds exposure.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> I only caught one of Jupiter's moons but I also caught a meteor, by pure luck.</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Tz0hCj4BMOfaiLKxjXsgWGpX2X2xJMptfhPRUJjK9BAuLvUtokng-xP_omRzog3iWgDPKGDeGzIOpENeI8qCGZ9GZJNoWw7SPdVEqtvzFo8FZNQxMOoL2TLo-c1av_GLYocGzb4CH7-huJlPdsOwj5tP_Rax3fu5f_RNT73XmzSu7r6-OfZ35A/s6016/Jupiter_With_Moon_And_Meteor_November13th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_Tz0hCj4BMOfaiLKxjXsgWGpX2X2xJMptfhPRUJjK9BAuLvUtokng-xP_omRzog3iWgDPKGDeGzIOpENeI8qCGZ9GZJNoWw7SPdVEqtvzFo8FZNQxMOoL2TLo-c1av_GLYocGzb4CH7-huJlPdsOwj5tP_Rax3fu5f_RNT73XmzSu7r6-OfZ35A/s320/Jupiter_With_Moon_And_Meteor_November13th2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><o:p>Titan weas very close to Saturn.</o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><o:p><br /></o:p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0adH-KMZSmmnruKnFq6k46aukatQsQd8WqKHqPamhKUuuG8uXo6S8Xg8Aq6ZPUMTywj-Q-Xfz_w2qqeNJkiaXDA0O_X9wPIukwVkSBo_xCobRmfv2GFE7Pc6YkyAgKHhi9ygFuQH_-JJfd-803_Y_0MbZHZ6uFBnDlOp9CvH88GUSHzIxhfjog/s6016/Saturn_With_Titan_November13th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0adH-KMZSmmnruKnFq6k46aukatQsQd8WqKHqPamhKUuuG8uXo6S8Xg8Aq6ZPUMTywj-Q-Xfz_w2qqeNJkiaXDA0O_X9wPIukwVkSBo_xCobRmfv2GFE7Pc6YkyAgKHhi9ygFuQH_-JJfd-803_Y_0MbZHZ6uFBnDlOp9CvH88GUSHzIxhfjog/s320/Saturn_With_Titan_November13th2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I switched lenses and set my intervalometer to hunt for
meteors at my usual settings of 18mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 6 seconds
exposure. Unfortunately, it was cloudy near the horizon where I was expected
both Northern and Southern Taurid meteors to appear. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I aimed at Perseus instead but found the area very hazy, so
I switched to Cassiopeia instead. A single frame came out OK-ish.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sERAbBYozzOIruOD7dz5Hm-nb1q6umOEEUbcYc0CUTuk71Epm0m8E_RPqxyREbvqmxKnWw8xVefCM14DAgtgSZrT7Jt_eoUsbgCe3aum2vhtEIi-1S9H_ETKvtfziBjfN3b8lMVm1gYQJc7NkCRFgTx2wGWYAB-p2StHGV_dLoXk_ll5YgkYxg/s3383/Cassiopeia_November13th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3289" data-original-width="3383" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_sERAbBYozzOIruOD7dz5Hm-nb1q6umOEEUbcYc0CUTuk71Epm0m8E_RPqxyREbvqmxKnWw8xVefCM14DAgtgSZrT7Jt_eoUsbgCe3aum2vhtEIi-1S9H_ETKvtfziBjfN3b8lMVm1gYQJc7NkCRFgTx2wGWYAB-p2StHGV_dLoXk_ll5YgkYxg/s320/Cassiopeia_November13th2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Moving the camera up produced a better result.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPPRwkmWxayVxh0Ij4-wRbUvCJk8PshSHZfcWwtdHAfZm8z1qg1g-yjgQ6H9otZGx_u4LSzU3GQAnI-i155hJwJ5VMMjEvGpRiGJB1ZQbKq7acisng7MnC8tt19RjF-qOYgi8qIrSzRHeAQ5eteKY40k0F_1s5pmIqRTBIpykAVXdt1WblC1PAg/s6016/Cassiopeia_November13th2022_2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPPRwkmWxayVxh0Ij4-wRbUvCJk8PshSHZfcWwtdHAfZm8z1qg1g-yjgQ6H9otZGx_u4LSzU3GQAnI-i155hJwJ5VMMjEvGpRiGJB1ZQbKq7acisng7MnC8tt19RjF-qOYgi8qIrSzRHeAQ5eteKY40k0F_1s5pmIqRTBIpykAVXdt1WblC1PAg/s320/Cassiopeia_November13th2022_2.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">At 1927 GMT, a faint meteor, probably a Taurid, appeared in Cassiopeia.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_SM08SPCBu4QMFkQzwu8_GDNZurE7O0T18WKgQOefbWRAZHGKkOqH5RUtUQJTsvV7_IY-H7UnpH4LVPGaX4tX2gIik01FnVdxpU_EEl6VuzMN5WKUHkQDQGvLHPnn6Q2PaAIjU4aXB2PfAmyBp2Xe5_BtC1KwAKMf2-9RR_rQ_nfiMm_FgcAXzQ/s1991/Meteor_November13th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1837" data-original-width="1991" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_SM08SPCBu4QMFkQzwu8_GDNZurE7O0T18WKgQOefbWRAZHGKkOqH5RUtUQJTsvV7_IY-H7UnpH4LVPGaX4tX2gIik01FnVdxpU_EEl6VuzMN5WKUHkQDQGvLHPnn6Q2PaAIjU4aXB2PfAmyBp2Xe5_BtC1KwAKMf2-9RR_rQ_nfiMm_FgcAXzQ/s320/Meteor_November13th2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">At 1936 GMT, I caught a UFO></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKch4LT9aElXUYY42XF5xDqtl_QfVr6WBKW0HgCXBE2rjEBF5MfTqFNfsnjlRz-RyxLcUSiYK093NZENqEE7NWbwMB-fCrlRXPQe8oDgqvKsshRLO-5_TQ_6fzu_huiNgYieHuzFL0hI1TxFrzw3n1EfALjWk-6T3wp_1atw-bWA697qIX0Qq6A/s258/UFO_November13th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="258" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHKch4LT9aElXUYY42XF5xDqtl_QfVr6WBKW0HgCXBE2rjEBF5MfTqFNfsnjlRz-RyxLcUSiYK093NZENqEE7NWbwMB-fCrlRXPQe8oDgqvKsshRLO-5_TQ_6fzu_huiNgYieHuzFL0hI1TxFrzw3n1EfALjWk-6T3wp_1atw-bWA697qIX0Qq6A/s1600/UFO_November13th2022.JPG" width="258" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Were it not for the small white dot, where no stars were known at its position, I would have thought it was an almost head-on meteor, but I recorded it as unidentifed. It was 2000 GMT.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLAURa5FagiQbg5yKRHnLLSGy-Z_IExUhconowhlN2CclWzczPMGVMuyH3ZNd_duQ66fSDJwY2A7ZXn0sNM-SN8BnWbxW2cm7HRLyWzcOpkHZ5e-YZcoivMLcIeFjtGenp4krV7XeQsrzIWmTdO7iMnAgn6BLKrK8wk-dGzff796svh4SMZXA_g/s182/UFO_November13th2022_2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="176" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHLAURa5FagiQbg5yKRHnLLSGy-Z_IExUhconowhlN2CclWzczPMGVMuyH3ZNd_duQ66fSDJwY2A7ZXn0sNM-SN8BnWbxW2cm7HRLyWzcOpkHZ5e-YZcoivMLcIeFjtGenp4krV7XeQsrzIWmTdO7iMnAgn6BLKrK8wk-dGzff796svh4SMZXA_g/s1600/UFO_November13th2022_2.JPG" width="176" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">It seemed a mere 6 minutes later that "ET" decided to put in another appearance. Unless there is a more earthly explanation.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrX4FAhhqgUFbGG6qSPg3-WPVXqXErknDuC3o3LEmmFEjxXVzSkv02XZXN13csALJwewHi5Q22dJzs-QTjgjFOCP-eD8vmfJKjz2XPdL4Ev3MfZltUKsnFhPN2QxUgF_v4k8W_TBw_gp31ZoB0xK5XWfZ5LzVKcph-EJ3MZmEM8sHek5CNGIsZpQ/s314/UFO_November13th2022_3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="314" data-original-width="286" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrX4FAhhqgUFbGG6qSPg3-WPVXqXErknDuC3o3LEmmFEjxXVzSkv02XZXN13csALJwewHi5Q22dJzs-QTjgjFOCP-eD8vmfJKjz2XPdL4Ev3MfZltUKsnFhPN2QxUgF_v4k8W_TBw_gp31ZoB0xK5XWfZ5LzVKcph-EJ3MZmEM8sHek5CNGIsZpQ/s1600/UFO_November13th2022_3.JPG" width="286" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">At 2009 GMT, another UFO appeared!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhxsYz4gt9T8pgFw_kxNdUZ_pcRyqPNzr_8envH1k45Pt8_G0eeIaIqpImxjOVKwLr41LA8WFsollIAFZfQ2meoUdYvA9cZnaITrv5MecP9ZaYslc6A7UV-69f-WzlcGY9AmZJq_XZYKb-4luhe3w0i7hCddEqmpl6CcBPOA8wIX6xGIfMhnbaQ/s352/UFO_November13th2022_4.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="302" data-original-width="352" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxhxsYz4gt9T8pgFw_kxNdUZ_pcRyqPNzr_8envH1k45Pt8_G0eeIaIqpImxjOVKwLr41LA8WFsollIAFZfQ2meoUdYvA9cZnaITrv5MecP9ZaYslc6A7UV-69f-WzlcGY9AmZJq_XZYKb-4luhe3w0i7hCddEqmpl6CcBPOA8wIX6xGIfMhnbaQ/s320/UFO_November13th2022_4.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">At 2014 GMT, a rather strange pattern appeared.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69rBElajKq9SBeTAt-Yc0X3C5_wp-lcVSjbAbR9OnSd5IhWkxvpkBnv3iqkdGVI08SDBPrzctqC90LKKs9kjx11GMI80c-N1LvJw6_UqS0hMoI7mUrHMRBsdL26OKtGdLCidlfycg55qXYWLvX0SvoKhTrWssNyKfwuWlZmq3xipeHl7O7BOnhw/s434/UFO_November13th2022_5.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="434" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh69rBElajKq9SBeTAt-Yc0X3C5_wp-lcVSjbAbR9OnSd5IhWkxvpkBnv3iqkdGVI08SDBPrzctqC90LKKs9kjx11GMI80c-N1LvJw6_UqS0hMoI7mUrHMRBsdL26OKtGdLCidlfycg55qXYWLvX0SvoKhTrWssNyKfwuWlZmq3xipeHl7O7BOnhw/s320/UFO_November13th2022_5.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">June 13<sup>th</sup> 1150 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It looked as if the microclimate of Corsham, being at the
top of a hill had won out. I was just starting to do a sunspot drawing from
poor conditions when it cleared enough to do a proper “white light” shoot with
my 127mm Maksutov and DSLR at 1.54 metres focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500
second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQliNijbn7_u57Zr84aX4BH2_rbtFSnChm1isQcno0zQMjwjxZG3rRYodFIHC1WMWd4nckBwFYxLz9AJUQhaNXDqYcZx5wevGweuy84mVDtfWFLiS-1wKXaq3kj49eW6sBqT2n2RtyjRZuRHKZ6a1MdF7uPIyONDMzObzUJ_SmV9OBTfLhn9zkQ/s3866/Sun_November13th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3866" data-original-width="3811" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicQliNijbn7_u57Zr84aX4BH2_rbtFSnChm1isQcno0zQMjwjxZG3rRYodFIHC1WMWd4nckBwFYxLz9AJUQhaNXDqYcZx5wevGweuy84mVDtfWFLiS-1wKXaq3kj49eW6sBqT2n2RtyjRZuRHKZ6a1MdF7uPIyONDMzObzUJ_SmV9OBTfLhn9zkQ/s320/Sun_November13th2022.JPG" width="315" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3><br /></h3><h3>November 12<sup>th</sup> 2250 GMT Moon</h3><div style="text-align: left;">Conditions were poor, as there was a lot of moving cloud. I was pleased to get a result on the Moon with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqWGWrFvk1hELmHtWYggBY50oaS530bjk03rlqB7LOo2eQYcxeCHuUxMwGallwucxISVFpIHB3qhR3AQiGhqZsth5CqurznnWvNbXlxmN-r3XEW56bbb1Ec8Si2Fd9rPeoj5_f-oF2wvWB980Otw4RS8fzJdpV5cSDi72oTMPASgZpmGZ3YgQHA/s704/Moon_November12th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="704" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoqWGWrFvk1hELmHtWYggBY50oaS530bjk03rlqB7LOo2eQYcxeCHuUxMwGallwucxISVFpIHB3qhR3AQiGhqZsth5CqurznnWvNbXlxmN-r3XEW56bbb1Ec8Si2Fd9rPeoj5_f-oF2wvWB980Otw4RS8fzJdpV5cSDi72oTMPASgZpmGZ3YgQHA/s320/Moon_November12th2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 9<sup>th</sup> 2030 GMT Moon</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I snapped Jupiter then the Moon at 300mm focal length, ISO
100 and 1/1000 second exposure. The Jupiter snaps were blank but I processed a decent lunar image.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyssaYCQ3kqrmgCQSJ6e8g7g9-DJEr6wgQoKqgTJDFBESlD3xV6pdt8wtDNHf-9hahJRbFXh5p9ZdfPFnS8aRWrTKJJMKlewp5DvZNZ5khXcG9rRPtxja2H33V7HvhhRaGH8jx5dJAip_henX7GMdoes9j272l02ymqd64gSpQb528rVR9mfMQXg/s732/Moon_November9th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="709" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyssaYCQ3kqrmgCQSJ6e8g7g9-DJEr6wgQoKqgTJDFBESlD3xV6pdt8wtDNHf-9hahJRbFXh5p9ZdfPFnS8aRWrTKJJMKlewp5DvZNZ5khXcG9rRPtxja2H33V7HvhhRaGH8jx5dJAip_henX7GMdoes9j272l02ymqd64gSpQb528rVR9mfMQXg/s320/Moon_November9th2022.JPG" width="310" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 8th 2000 GMT Moon</h3><div>I snapped the Moon with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/1000 second exposure. Despite that, it was still a bit over-exposed, but a bit of processing in GIMP sorted that out.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHA95BAzUPggrVIEfp4dxguXEoFTQ_zowwyI6NsfjP1hCMdU97cu5wfTI6w-NNlMOMlDbZP5e_35Jg7JdxJeetscVhr3rwgFxT2uyiIUfAuhwdDiBVqA_CsNMGN9-f5N7pX6hGLmOYNcwdK9M9_tMFumNldH6IVxRQcPVN_lnnXUfT_tQ0V_e1yw/s781/Moon_November8th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="781" data-original-width="781" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHA95BAzUPggrVIEfp4dxguXEoFTQ_zowwyI6NsfjP1hCMdU97cu5wfTI6w-NNlMOMlDbZP5e_35Jg7JdxJeetscVhr3rwgFxT2uyiIUfAuhwdDiBVqA_CsNMGN9-f5N7pX6hGLmOYNcwdK9M9_tMFumNldH6IVxRQcPVN_lnnXUfT_tQ0V_e1yw/s320/Moon_November8th2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 8th Cassiopeia September 23rd yet another take</h3><div style="text-align: left;">I processed a further 6 frames in GraXpert then stacked them in Deep Sky Stacker. Although using GraXpert took a long time, the stack was much faster.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZVNHdzCRyV58zk-1cmAPRFQYjPvf3Qgm-gNRB2qLV_UH_-gg0NF2m8BCJT0Cvwlck9A_EPLWy2SFNhu6GkOGQFKR1mf9v_OIW_vhBTbFjoBxtAA4KuL-3pWE43GPFpHlLUAdYHP5VQGp1dQ0lzeTDL3lnt-b0k63tIshtHHDnCVQuRPSH75TsA/s3042/Cassiopeia_September23rdd2022_03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2519" data-original-width="3042" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8ZVNHdzCRyV58zk-1cmAPRFQYjPvf3Qgm-gNRB2qLV_UH_-gg0NF2m8BCJT0Cvwlck9A_EPLWy2SFNhu6GkOGQFKR1mf9v_OIW_vhBTbFjoBxtAA4KuL-3pWE43GPFpHlLUAdYHP5VQGp1dQ0lzeTDL3lnt-b0k63tIshtHHDnCVQuRPSH75TsA/s320/Cassiopeia_September23rdd2022_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 7th Cassiopeia September 23rd another take</h3><div style="text-align: left;">After trying to process the stacked image of Cassiopeia, I tried to process a single frame in Graxpert, an application (free!) that is intended to remove gradients. It seemed to work.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvaFplP5-Cd1LrON1zRkydCUIN9Yqbk73pk4T-iINcHh0khAvRR85cR08h_s76zt-YBBIELi5EWUgmNqVsCwqfo_RClSQsg7MPcKT_rfv85S8r0tcHRAOPtzrIe8JCaq6UK6hF8Prp9ZaVso_dJvMnPMM6v0S5Vve7dN47egNwSSa-imiBb97oA/s6016/Cassiopeia_September23rdd2022_01.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGvaFplP5-Cd1LrON1zRkydCUIN9Yqbk73pk4T-iINcHh0khAvRR85cR08h_s76zt-YBBIELi5EWUgmNqVsCwqfo_RClSQsg7MPcKT_rfv85S8r0tcHRAOPtzrIe8JCaq6UK6hF8Prp9ZaVso_dJvMnPMM6v0S5Vve7dN47egNwSSa-imiBb97oA/s320/Cassiopeia_September23rdd2022_01.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 6th Cassiopeia processed from September 23rd</h3><div>I revisited some meteor search photos from September 23rd, with Cassiopeia in the centre of the frame. I stacked 15 of 20 frames in Deep Sky Stacker and finished in GIMP.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZDPS6mFU7Eq3N1hTkF1e7gjF-zZPmXS05ndUugGsErXe6-vPVucjuznjZks_HQT1DyBngtrDf0mp3nuFhauUPpIdeF5SjaUmmB6MYRkQnOWuUKG-kJBoBTa6M6e8M82rNHKTjLQDG8ZIFHIyM-r1Ln1-okTYyHc5iWPB2_ouCtA6r2V5qreIRQ/s4978/Cassiopeia_September23rdd2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3509" data-original-width="4978" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZDPS6mFU7Eq3N1hTkF1e7gjF-zZPmXS05ndUugGsErXe6-vPVucjuznjZks_HQT1DyBngtrDf0mp3nuFhauUPpIdeF5SjaUmmB6MYRkQnOWuUKG-kJBoBTa6M6e8M82rNHKTjLQDG8ZIFHIyM-r1Ln1-okTYyHc5iWPB2_ouCtA6r2V5qreIRQ/s320/Cassiopeia_September23rdd2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 6th 1005 GMT Sun</h3><div style="text-align: left;">Some light from the Sun had made it through the cloud, although conditions were hazy, at best. I went for a binocular scan of the Sun and caught two sunspots.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ78M_v7xZbWaVUVVGJai_xyTEN1aH_zi_5JbTDL-P30KrnzR0iRw6DUSs0J0vkSR8Mq9L5Tgvjqr4k-tTVugU2kMVvMBxRDPX9m4t_YFBU9j0HO3ejBVv8441B_HTnOw07iHXQ9EjAGbsh3q_r80ZKzlITvvxfvIaQXwVULyy2Hw8zG47RPUoGQ/s893/SunSpot_Drawing_November6th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ78M_v7xZbWaVUVVGJai_xyTEN1aH_zi_5JbTDL-P30KrnzR0iRw6DUSs0J0vkSR8Mq9L5Tgvjqr4k-tTVugU2kMVvMBxRDPX9m4t_YFBU9j0HO3ejBVv8441B_HTnOw07iHXQ9EjAGbsh3q_r80ZKzlITvvxfvIaQXwVULyy2Hw8zG47RPUoGQ/s320/SunSpot_Drawing_November6th2022.JPG" width="269" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 4th Perseus Reprocess</h3><div style="text-align: left;">I started off by stacking some Perseus photos from October. I had installed Graxpert, free software that I had downloaded to sort out gradients in my constellation photos. I managed to remove much of the gradient but not all. Obviously, a lot more experimentation needed but I had to start somewhere.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3MCK05Ql9sFoZ5H96QylU0DwB1jECytpESoiq-U7MkdUS4CcrGe_cb_EuYPXokFTmlyWzPVbGBUK20PDFgaWCL4fDGO0WSI7e9fisVZqjvw1RCEWY61PQ5XGiOItBOphiv_KMgsrTCUxl8dLLwIymF2hvu7cOTXGJBxs6gZJbcGpiHHR0R9NXtA/s2976/Perseus_October17th2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2976" data-original-width="1991" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3MCK05Ql9sFoZ5H96QylU0DwB1jECytpESoiq-U7MkdUS4CcrGe_cb_EuYPXokFTmlyWzPVbGBUK20PDFgaWCL4fDGO0WSI7e9fisVZqjvw1RCEWY61PQ5XGiOItBOphiv_KMgsrTCUxl8dLLwIymF2hvu7cOTXGJBxs6gZJbcGpiHHR0R9NXtA/s320/Perseus_October17th2022.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 4th 1055 GMT Sun</h3><div>I had another go at the Sun but could not get anything apart from tiny details, which was a pity. I had come to the conclusion that DSLR only solar photography was not the optimum method but opportunities to take my Mak and DSLR out were more infrequent.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaG5AY_BGEFCCBinvxkenxSGfRhj08orYckTRJt8-meDyHSnFgbYhFgyjYunhWxRNoBUtEeveveFPpUB3aoDr2w78kx96BRNXiwNnMwJkB9QQl-85Odc4_fqNFLa70CuW7tG55Co46L4ufbPfQaLEf6QxXwR0iMzf4ZO0vMJ_BPZm0rJ8i2_RWQ/s820/Sun_November4th2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="814" data-original-width="820" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIaG5AY_BGEFCCBinvxkenxSGfRhj08orYckTRJt8-meDyHSnFgbYhFgyjYunhWxRNoBUtEeveveFPpUB3aoDr2w78kx96BRNXiwNnMwJkB9QQl-85Odc4_fqNFLa70CuW7tG55Co46L4ufbPfQaLEf6QxXwR0iMzf4ZO0vMJ_BPZm0rJ8i2_RWQ/s320/Sun_November4th2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 3<sup>rd</sup> Eclipse Reprocess</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">One of the most annoying things that can happen when you
replace your laptop is that a lot of devices and software no longer work. Who
hasn’t got a drawerful of old webcams and imaging devices? Such also is the
case with Microsoft ICE that I used for stacking still images. I had tried
Registax a few times but my image files were just to big and it ran out of
memory.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I tried Autostakert and used the previous month’s solar
eclipse as a trial. It sort of worked. The resultant image was somewhat sharper
but the whole process took over an hour! It reminded me of the old days of long
DeepSkyStacker runs. Add to that having struggles with re-installing the
Windows version of the video editor. Well, such is the life of the modern
astronomer, who spends more time on their laptop than under the stars!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfvzCmlu_KW9ZP0gHWBcvpjPhehgv1EDDi3KNk-j8DHRRc1mwl_BrOPyR2VihbFjE7NJTy7VskN_xPGGwgmX9qsqsFJ3r11Vnn2LbdU0Zle3ZUHHwtKmw-OtsppQ0YiYFZlO5SQJnZf2wnzEXmzVwx_-PWN1qkLbXrAMWP7W4VDnt1F6N-YXR7w/s847/EclipseOctober25th2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="787" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmfvzCmlu_KW9ZP0gHWBcvpjPhehgv1EDDi3KNk-j8DHRRc1mwl_BrOPyR2VihbFjE7NJTy7VskN_xPGGwgmX9qsqsFJ3r11Vnn2LbdU0Zle3ZUHHwtKmw-OtsppQ0YiYFZlO5SQJnZf2wnzEXmzVwx_-PWN1qkLbXrAMWP7W4VDnt1F6N-YXR7w/s320/EclipseOctober25th2022.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 2<sup>nd</sup> 0915 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>Conditions were a bit hazy but I managed to take another
shot of the solar disc, as the day before.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkRK9jse3X18pwZU6SNZySHd6bIjqTz-4ox4KwRRMY0Jp7RK4yZ_v4trJ0VqTLjqcX5AnyEclJUt8s6XyUTK0kYAX-3hUvGws1TDMrPJnrBDAMlnE8UcYk7IbZpjErhowYBEirvpqqMWBoldofKiTeNeV5fbPT7yanrtOrCma0ZkI8eL7Yko03Q/s758/Sun_November2nd2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="758" data-original-width="754" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigkRK9jse3X18pwZU6SNZySHd6bIjqTz-4ox4KwRRMY0Jp7RK4yZ_v4trJ0VqTLjqcX5AnyEclJUt8s6XyUTK0kYAX-3hUvGws1TDMrPJnrBDAMlnE8UcYk7IbZpjErhowYBEirvpqqMWBoldofKiTeNeV5fbPT7yanrtOrCma0ZkI8eL7Yko03Q/s320/Sun_November2nd2022.JPG" width="318" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">November 1<sup>st</sup> 0915 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With a dark and stormy end to October. It was to some
surprise that there was a patch of clear sky. Unfortunately, a chest infection
meant that going outside with my telescopes would have been against medical
advice, to say the least. That did not deter me from taking a “regulation”
shoot of the Sun with my DSLR and filter.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwCKUpnQ3PLWYJFVhZMjUfFvmzVMRobloYFQEb2_EIMXK4-4jXyIos6BpmkoxQQqYFWP5pVkR7RgGuOk3FUeMrFrn4wdezjVTQB0XkKmc2eqEHl6QpjQQj5yxbGb-bWN5RE3ndmjyE8UvIcWqVYaLFnPnBC3J1UC0YOBwNEbATYPWF4_qaAm32A/s831/Sun_November1st2020.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="815" data-original-width="831" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGwCKUpnQ3PLWYJFVhZMjUfFvmzVMRobloYFQEb2_EIMXK4-4jXyIos6BpmkoxQQqYFWP5pVkR7RgGuOk3FUeMrFrn4wdezjVTQB0XkKmc2eqEHl6QpjQQj5yxbGb-bWN5RE3ndmjyE8UvIcWqVYaLFnPnBC3J1UC0YOBwNEbATYPWF4_qaAm32A/s320/Sun_November1st2020.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-22304693698435927762022-10-02T05:18:00.084-07:002022-10-30T04:42:34.179-07:00October 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 25<sup>th</sup> 1000 GMT Partial Solar Eclipse</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There was some clear sky before the eclipse started but it
did not clear again until it reached about mid-eclipse.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsDeUj_MaZfUBNj93tD_Sl0NThbaK7bkpKvU5wTorUXRiR5Ov2VzuNDcORSTzXsEOVozwC0FHJDL0rgWMjAOGhwo_w_kA7t96b6ersgx9ExkArwaA4SMRFw6KzrfgGn8oNXnw3qu0KRerwKocq-yTNYEmkfTJ1eCusGsjel85Jkh7uZq8Ts_xpg/s803/Solar_Eclipse_25thOctober_2022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="798" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVsDeUj_MaZfUBNj93tD_Sl0NThbaK7bkpKvU5wTorUXRiR5Ov2VzuNDcORSTzXsEOVozwC0FHJDL0rgWMjAOGhwo_w_kA7t96b6ersgx9ExkArwaA4SMRFw6KzrfgGn8oNXnw3qu0KRerwKocq-yTNYEmkfTJ1eCusGsjel85Jkh7uZq8Ts_xpg/s320/Solar_Eclipse_25thOctober_2022.JPG" width="318" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">There was another clear spell later. I checked the Sun again
with my DSLR at 1025 GMT and the lunar disc had retreated.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQO3v1iQf0f5MZCZpqLCL8evWUE_IhB1wfsnUeRwObZHsF83Jzj01ectZ2AkwxRidp2baAXt6Wmrwo_6GiqP_5tYpJZbPBBw6x-3nG5tFE5YhP_gBUgzDmtBKKAFadJcK4oGlwXkdy4ysPZbrRhRi1oyDT9Y9HC2zZ3koGz2NA1OGjw8zJgLsYg/s791/Solar_Eclipse_25thOctober_2022_02.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="791" data-original-width="776" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxQO3v1iQf0f5MZCZpqLCL8evWUE_IhB1wfsnUeRwObZHsF83Jzj01ectZ2AkwxRidp2baAXt6Wmrwo_6GiqP_5tYpJZbPBBw6x-3nG5tFE5YhP_gBUgzDmtBKKAFadJcK4oGlwXkdy4ysPZbrRhRi1oyDT9Y9HC2zZ3koGz2NA1OGjw8zJgLsYg/s320/Solar_Eclipse_25thOctober_2022_02.JPG" width="314" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 21<sup>st</sup> 0550 GMT Moon</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I snapped the Moon in the dawn sky with my DSLR at 300mm
focal length, ISO 100 and 1/200 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="text-align: left;">Unfortunately. the Photo was overexposed.</div><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 20<sup>th</sup> 1830 GMT Meteor Hunt</h3><div>This was a repeat of the shoot on October 17th, in the same part of sky.</div><div><br /></div><div>At 1837 GMT, a very bright meteor, almost a fireball, appeared to be a Taurid. The fuzzy patch to the right is the Andromeda Gakaxy.</div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25GOUXbrsIZRlVSF2ZdTnA9b9uupWMrxz2v9jRBi8TlJXqgeSqfXQ9BXS4ohb5f6zuMCQmvqGTXAOKGFphxMmG5qxkB_lqgDVtq4dP_V-A6NVBugjGte8pI7XyKomlw4Wjei29nG1o35EzFGtDTFKr_FXsD0lC63VM4kP9YsFaqicNd_H4cXSmw/s721/Meteor_October20th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="721" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj25GOUXbrsIZRlVSF2ZdTnA9b9uupWMrxz2v9jRBi8TlJXqgeSqfXQ9BXS4ohb5f6zuMCQmvqGTXAOKGFphxMmG5qxkB_lqgDVtq4dP_V-A6NVBugjGte8pI7XyKomlw4Wjei29nG1o35EzFGtDTFKr_FXsD0lC63VM4kP9YsFaqicNd_H4cXSmw/s320/Meteor_October20th_2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Seconds later, in the next photo, I caught another bright meteor in Cassiopeia. This one came from the direction of Pisces, so was not from a shower.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50gQ5LMGFPTqu0rwCKn9h81dgJCU2T4wB-tcYtNLlN3gSmdxRwoCuOaFbOOupmW2ZAGMwqKtNDE5sLi4G8xvhu1z1ohNy6oEe7y_un_e3weLxHI6OrfPiPwlGkeXVsdkmQpMwV54tVg6Gdxek7lkiZLvjGKTHppomYpch-PeHOI2aCrxsQaJAyA/s996/Meteor_October20th_2022_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="996" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi50gQ5LMGFPTqu0rwCKn9h81dgJCU2T4wB-tcYtNLlN3gSmdxRwoCuOaFbOOupmW2ZAGMwqKtNDE5sLi4G8xvhu1z1ohNy6oEe7y_un_e3weLxHI6OrfPiPwlGkeXVsdkmQpMwV54tVg6Gdxek7lkiZLvjGKTHppomYpch-PeHOI2aCrxsQaJAyA/s320/Meteor_October20th_2022_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">At 1938 GMT, I caught another bright Taurid,</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQS2qQ2Pi4giXdD_YTqZySWokGSDP4XKtRDRUZhMk-UZwuPzZ7ZuoT0Opjh20D9bmcEZScx4wLpX8jUCSgAJcAVRnLh-gZJN4b5LMoSpSh196qN8LwX-pqFHZcAWu5PM-BnIbv7ip47ucZm4hAN_B7GMCSjyqUstcSfCp93miLNfLYYy0VrIPwg/s743/Meteor_October20th_2022_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="743" data-original-width="627" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQS2qQ2Pi4giXdD_YTqZySWokGSDP4XKtRDRUZhMk-UZwuPzZ7ZuoT0Opjh20D9bmcEZScx4wLpX8jUCSgAJcAVRnLh-gZJN4b5LMoSpSh196qN8LwX-pqFHZcAWu5PM-BnIbv7ip47ucZm4hAN_B7GMCSjyqUstcSfCp93miLNfLYYy0VrIPwg/s320/Meteor_October20th_2022_03.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I processed a single photo to show the constellation of Perseus.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZ6YBkvdw0z716fX8lyzHpGEIZ10Vq-5KnaEoqqLT_BxPV5WT9haR0MFBa-1xAwZX1u8rlTyWzOLl5oqZHqI-LtT0TEgnqbq2D6lepjg_U2B2pDleXbPCcZBqwJmSkgvaqI62X3gMTHtz5mcome4BdCCH42-ceRwb80TK6ItOTEKBHT_hmqHmsA/s3036/Perseus_October20th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3036" data-original-width="2244" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZ6YBkvdw0z716fX8lyzHpGEIZ10Vq-5KnaEoqqLT_BxPV5WT9haR0MFBa-1xAwZX1u8rlTyWzOLl5oqZHqI-LtT0TEgnqbq2D6lepjg_U2B2pDleXbPCcZBqwJmSkgvaqI62X3gMTHtz5mcome4BdCCH42-ceRwb80TK6ItOTEKBHT_hmqHmsA/s320/Perseus_October20th_2022.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 17<sup>th</sup> 1830 GMT Meteor Hunt</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It was dark already and lots of stars were out. I aimed my
camera at Perseus, with the Taurid, Aurigid and Orionid showers all active,
with the Orionid meteors possibly coming from below the horizon.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I caught a bright meteor at 1841 GMT that was not from any shower.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKrWsaMRAlOmcDacrRlq-NzYN7zNIxIwybRbFkCzaEoYomLTw-vQPGiLtC6KLn_4Z-CedPhMJ2fmX0eNVXvdFTH5bAQLISWmlO1x4j4JENw400kKrDszJrNE3m1kDOD8wr2pG7nmefbpnxBXdCKZBcPljYST6lKjKZd12b1qdS6BySedrQpkV2A/s1029/Meteor_October17th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="638" data-original-width="1029" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHKrWsaMRAlOmcDacrRlq-NzYN7zNIxIwybRbFkCzaEoYomLTw-vQPGiLtC6KLn_4Z-CedPhMJ2fmX0eNVXvdFTH5bAQLISWmlO1x4j4JENw400kKrDszJrNE3m1kDOD8wr2pG7nmefbpnxBXdCKZBcPljYST6lKjKZd12b1qdS6BySedrQpkV2A/s320/Meteor_October17th_2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">At 1857 GMT, I caught a fainter meteor in the same part of sky.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJ5pRE_P5kCEaTOVPKkSLyzT8bMtCcNtCrKwbVrUl-Etbj38If-HWcHx2blre8j7GEaZ0AvLU9ega6kj1-4_YXcZQPaUtU0_jQSMOjglc_T4mGk2HAE5jU77sFJfZVZS44Ppt4Bi90bzLlU5qgUP9GptWVlLQXe9OdF1R6TwCZ3iJ0-fbYpB3Ww/s512/Meteor_October17th_2022_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="336" data-original-width="512" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDJ5pRE_P5kCEaTOVPKkSLyzT8bMtCcNtCrKwbVrUl-Etbj38If-HWcHx2blre8j7GEaZ0AvLU9ega6kj1-4_YXcZQPaUtU0_jQSMOjglc_T4mGk2HAE5jU77sFJfZVZS44Ppt4Bi90bzLlU5qgUP9GptWVlLQXe9OdF1R6TwCZ3iJ0-fbYpB3Ww/s320/Meteor_October17th_2022_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">At 2001 GMT, I caught a UFO. Significantly, the sky was so misty that the only other object visible was the bright star Capella.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgma9SY9arw-zxF8WSusLoiHWMR75w8VuJ_YPHFqKNJISf_GsS6aZyZZVopk-59Vlzp-Br0yHLN-hHjJ0yvXV-jfsNkpwVQongoPcmvu52dczx2rqma7q4mn3RrlNvljwOKts2lOBZev6aHTJ11TDCg-pu60s3ObiQ8Kgm9f-0X1oXQOfcXzdF6qw/s297/UFO_October17th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="297" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgma9SY9arw-zxF8WSusLoiHWMR75w8VuJ_YPHFqKNJISf_GsS6aZyZZVopk-59Vlzp-Br0yHLN-hHjJ0yvXV-jfsNkpwVQongoPcmvu52dczx2rqma7q4mn3RrlNvljwOKts2lOBZev6aHTJ11TDCg-pu60s3ObiQ8Kgm9f-0X1oXQOfcXzdF6qw/s1600/UFO_October17th_2022.jpg" width="297" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">At 2018 GMT, I caught another UFO.</p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOgY7PuAhTmegiP7mP4FjZ-mkClbx0fYt2abTPbT_l0n9OBdQr0UTxXvOYcirFSGem18H3KOBbNLC51y7fndGWV1yiKPfWXeExifrlfrY31sn4gPw7HPfsXhDUXxiMFuh6WYbxSWkx3e7TlE6M24pOg5wpK-ti9KRNVuwce7yiCl8ToKTffjN16A/s171/UFO_October17th_2022_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="171" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOgY7PuAhTmegiP7mP4FjZ-mkClbx0fYt2abTPbT_l0n9OBdQr0UTxXvOYcirFSGem18H3KOBbNLC51y7fndGWV1yiKPfWXeExifrlfrY31sn4gPw7HPfsXhDUXxiMFuh6WYbxSWkx3e7TlE6M24pOg5wpK-ti9KRNVuwce7yiCl8ToKTffjN16A/s1600/UFO_October17th_2022_02.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Just one minute later, another one!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGubeiiwskf7tOoymj_ual-mjSg-Az5vtJm2zp15MEcx-pc3zq3L4WxsD5ewrNaDx8ORChBgzMOXlMSQzi5hw50yEW1xA9rHmml9hWW1I_nJUpvW0UW8_U0z6gEFC6_1q59wjo3_3HCJGgVNnMjGj8KlvVlvnf4YOSvTh48MooT62p4Adi72IPVg/s192/UFO_October17th_2022_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="192" height="176" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGubeiiwskf7tOoymj_ual-mjSg-Az5vtJm2zp15MEcx-pc3zq3L4WxsD5ewrNaDx8ORChBgzMOXlMSQzi5hw50yEW1xA9rHmml9hWW1I_nJUpvW0UW8_U0z6gEFC6_1q59wjo3_3HCJGgVNnMjGj8KlvVlvnf4YOSvTh48MooT62p4Adi72IPVg/s1600/UFO_October17th_2022_03.jpg" width="192" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 17<sup>th</sup> 0510 GMT Moon</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The last quarter moon was high in the south east in a hazy
sky. I photographed it with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500
second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTADgl_UhG9BBokD760eUkZMVY-UOO8cyP4d7NlTn3NniDXQY14Y4YIvsnVcSensrp7_FWKFVTyV4kP46McgD7ddYP5fE2eKPIE4Eflc4HpLQVytTZcZd4yqASBd6nZjrh0tMTTA2jHcVFsYYQkanCtOY1xClOZ2xLftDm4WlaL3pU7dWepXew8g/s698/Moon_October17th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="566" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTADgl_UhG9BBokD760eUkZMVY-UOO8cyP4d7NlTn3NniDXQY14Y4YIvsnVcSensrp7_FWKFVTyV4kP46McgD7ddYP5fE2eKPIE4Eflc4HpLQVytTZcZd4yqASBd6nZjrh0tMTTA2jHcVFsYYQkanCtOY1xClOZ2xLftDm4WlaL3pU7dWepXew8g/s320/Moon_October17th_2022.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 15<sup>th</sup> 2200 GMT Moons and Planets</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>The weather forecast had been bad and it was true that, even
if the Moon had been absent from the night sky, any attempt at deep sky,
constellation or meteor photography would stand as much chance as a village
football team would have of winning the FA Cup. Despite that, there was the
Moon, Jupiter, Mars and Jupiter’s moons all giving a realistic chance of a
decent shot.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The first set of photos was with my Maksutov and DSLR at
1,540mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/100 second exposure.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I added a 3x Barlow lens to deliver an increased focal
length of 4,620mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/8 second exposure, although I
decreased it to 1/15 second exposure for Jupiter.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDV1Tefnojgk3fJaF90nA9e2wP2ywsvbiYT-Tsuzm3-YDUono8WNsBWFE0VO6KxKr4WSP_YZjNtsbC7FGS1JKSjypzfbqBzdoJxzYAB232fcJXAWrXV9hs-lYaQX0CV0VbdFEmuUlnWf8niRgS9eDmS_5e0eWiEtjSlhXq95XHQjG8GZxRjFR-Q/s4884/Moon_October15th_2022_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3103" data-original-width="4884" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwDV1Tefnojgk3fJaF90nA9e2wP2ywsvbiYT-Tsuzm3-YDUono8WNsBWFE0VO6KxKr4WSP_YZjNtsbC7FGS1JKSjypzfbqBzdoJxzYAB232fcJXAWrXV9hs-lYaQX0CV0VbdFEmuUlnWf8niRgS9eDmS_5e0eWiEtjSlhXq95XHQjG8GZxRjFR-Q/s320/Moon_October15th_2022_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbt_KJ-H2Bz-hK-OgMrGpWqIHqL8Lg2JT1jxP_tjkOs51xrB8DlXYVN4vj0TfT9V4uwN2ha63ZjiUL91GcFcq5HHjuqWJAZYil8pjG0Xaobi_MqhV27NnSzuR2q40p6xKEgJVrOqIq4_Jy_Id47e5yfMfSPNkATWPw5jwHTC0AlGgMVmwa0BZlQ/s5594/Moon_October15th_2022_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p class="MsoNormal">I set the camera at my usual meteor settings and aimed it at
Perseus. There were Taurid meteors in the area plus a small chance of some
Orionids coming from the horizon.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">At 2058 GMT, I caught a strange trail when the moonlight had drowned out all the stars, including Capella, Some of the dots could have been ad bright as magnitude -3.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYp2lM4e5BSu5wEXVnSTykM4A3WUcI31I1RiE_rPjZmlTGORY7IGk-Zkw4xs5RpW8Z3uEpFZ8cl0gh7Z6IwOKz7WVKr4bNWMSmli300csIdcU8rz_icrvZU-0lsi4btGyhK5VRt3XQEcYnNjXsudmq8GyJ6_gv-KRLWVIfv6COYEkqOJVM9YuaA/s149/UFO_October14th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="148" data-original-width="149" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYp2lM4e5BSu5wEXVnSTykM4A3WUcI31I1RiE_rPjZmlTGORY7IGk-Zkw4xs5RpW8Z3uEpFZ8cl0gh7Z6IwOKz7WVKr4bNWMSmli300csIdcU8rz_icrvZU-0lsi4btGyhK5VRt3XQEcYnNjXsudmq8GyJ6_gv-KRLWVIfv6COYEkqOJVM9YuaA/s1600/UFO_October14th_2022.jpg" width="149" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">At 2120 GMT, a less spectacular but no less interesting trail appeared.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="132" data-original-width="121" height="132" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdUTKbRUeb5giOIj20HMIb6wTQtHbkisbbcKnUsPwAXHjQI-drNYefKBA9njNviWUY8i4F4-fAS9AvWfgt2ylHqTWsff7wYDvmXJpTYRJ1pZ3epi1gjZJ_yjmUNa6N_llgOw0tJFHO0ttv8ExkrGKsCPowFojCcQMBwtirgHTJY_e9Ahd38DX3Hg/s1600/UFO_October14th_2022_03.jpg" width="121" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Just 4 minutes later, I saw an object that just MIGHT have been a very bright head-on meteor but I feel safer claiming it as unidentified.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRpzkVqZnrgrMeRIVYRA1zanfZ-L11StvlcNsa77h58MKIMw4QiN4b_1K7bV1rHeqlfITR6BXP4xdWdTn6i3WumbD48EMxCWvaHoAHQXtP4a1fCV_DOFlt3TpTuSCmcp9oTHagARPfbwik_fkYrFL6QScphYfCHBbe5D0CWHlrgOdjfRjA1Pddw/s231/UFO_October14th_2022_04.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="220" data-original-width="231" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhRpzkVqZnrgrMeRIVYRA1zanfZ-L11StvlcNsa77h58MKIMw4QiN4b_1K7bV1rHeqlfITR6BXP4xdWdTn6i3WumbD48EMxCWvaHoAHQXtP4a1fCV_DOFlt3TpTuSCmcp9oTHagARPfbwik_fkYrFL6QScphYfCHBbe5D0CWHlrgOdjfRjA1Pddw/s1600/UFO_October14th_2022_04.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The waning gibbous moon was riding high in the south west in
a clear sky. I photographed it with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and
1/500 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0azNz64Ly0XPKI9uB5AvH11beWjqAlCXDPZTLa5vbdvQV3H5FdxvceOyEf6YTslmSw06Mgo9vRHtfaxEY9ddvSenbt-WZ-9MiGvoxCLWiPFnLr_7hBIX18CTDyqK9tRjucBpGwYera2z3B-jMAA_zVD8Psr9bwyZazxuzI9vaYZNKQycz-nsWOg/s721/Moon_October13th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="721" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0azNz64Ly0XPKI9uB5AvH11beWjqAlCXDPZTLa5vbdvQV3H5FdxvceOyEf6YTslmSw06Mgo9vRHtfaxEY9ddvSenbt-WZ-9MiGvoxCLWiPFnLr_7hBIX18CTDyqK9tRjucBpGwYera2z3B-jMAA_zVD8Psr9bwyZazxuzI9vaYZNKQycz-nsWOg/s320/Moon_October13th_2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 10<sup>th</sup> 2045 GMT Moon<br /><o:p> </o:p></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I did a quick shot of the Moon with my DSLR at 300mm focal
length, ISO 100 and 1/800 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDnAVr6a63kSTYDQUY2WoeQitQHGInebH_FcF-DNVfuNaKS5MLSxWOQW0WbpsIszJzSz8MnWO1PKDRBoMQmUf3FLjY2CXR4dYAEM6tLmP_EeAhDaaeknXmeycXFgR4hZVxg5wZPUCTSx06PcvUfW36OhQIrNsdtK1TX_-9AQsaK-rOd6BQjf3aYA/s765/Moon_October10th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="765" data-original-width="726" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDnAVr6a63kSTYDQUY2WoeQitQHGInebH_FcF-DNVfuNaKS5MLSxWOQW0WbpsIszJzSz8MnWO1PKDRBoMQmUf3FLjY2CXR4dYAEM6tLmP_EeAhDaaeknXmeycXFgR4hZVxg5wZPUCTSx06PcvUfW36OhQIrNsdtK1TX_-9AQsaK-rOd6BQjf3aYA/s320/Moon_October10th_2022.jpg" width="304" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 9<sup>th</sup> 0030 GMT Jupiter, Moon and Others</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It had cleared a bit and Jupiter and the Moon were in
east-west orientation. I started with a widefield shot of both at 300mm focal
length, ISO 100 and 1/40 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I then tried the Moon with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal
length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I tried a similar approach for Jupiter but increased the
exposure to 1/200 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYe8TCU2r003YA3NN4qKQj7gYo76HGseSkACoUVmJYDR9OUiKyBi8MTfRQWweRNCKhMYPJZuwBDtJ7xkg7wMItDB8tVz6ttbJjm4UeSised6yYb0NpEJC_KNnNRvqs--33ieEuhnF4ypVTcXuKpZ9_CrBtGt_nOT0GqCZnAYY3joZLTari2Y0KQ/s341/JupiterOctober9th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="341" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAYe8TCU2r003YA3NN4qKQj7gYo76HGseSkACoUVmJYDR9OUiKyBi8MTfRQWweRNCKhMYPJZuwBDtJ7xkg7wMItDB8tVz6ttbJjm4UeSised6yYb0NpEJC_KNnNRvqs--33ieEuhnF4ypVTcXuKpZ9_CrBtGt_nOT0GqCZnAYY3joZLTari2Y0KQ/s320/JupiterOctober9th_2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />I attempted to capture its moons at 1/3 second exposure.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_EU6Cxo-kc4reMZU1GP5re8Rbvat1fIXcs6XV3iFjIoSUNa4jcJ3MdCLeauKjLZCjxasqbcaZ7U-zyb1jFiPr4ZDgiz7yTQiAr8XDswiSzTpbD-ttlunqSRrqyTh3Ai3KuOfEm2EVd1kuus-fJtyu9e-uTbiErEXThpT0Yn4Mm1wOMXxGzo05Q/s6016/Jupiter_With_Moons_October9th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb_EU6Cxo-kc4reMZU1GP5re8Rbvat1fIXcs6XV3iFjIoSUNa4jcJ3MdCLeauKjLZCjxasqbcaZ7U-zyb1jFiPr4ZDgiz7yTQiAr8XDswiSzTpbD-ttlunqSRrqyTh3Ai3KuOfEm2EVd1kuus-fJtyu9e-uTbiErEXThpT0Yn4Mm1wOMXxGzo05Q/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_October9th_2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p>Naturally, I combined the two photos.</o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AyctnC6zhqvsloW-HCk9Eo94f0_0KkE56tRDFlHNpEbTkVQM7o9qF06u6KFmqxPaeNJO-sVXQs7svKv47FQOnZyBveQj-w8div8h-seMPDwfsCmQ8bUa3iKbiprPT6iceo85UiJRzDavqgG2ohUpX6fnvuc0fLIiJzxGMu4I1_xlPWKdT8a8IQ/s6016/Jupiter_With_Moons_October9th_2022_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7AyctnC6zhqvsloW-HCk9Eo94f0_0KkE56tRDFlHNpEbTkVQM7o9qF06u6KFmqxPaeNJO-sVXQs7svKv47FQOnZyBveQj-w8div8h-seMPDwfsCmQ8bUa3iKbiprPT6iceo85UiJRzDavqgG2ohUpX6fnvuc0fLIiJzxGMu4I1_xlPWKdT8a8IQ/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_October9th_2022_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><o:p>I combined this with the photo of Jupiter with the Moon to get the final image.</o:p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEght7ziVsBiVB4Vy5lR1aYw2SN2j1D1DxflhzG-alDkYFg2VCB_l69oe8c7VF5HztrEb2DhoDzd5l848LJi1fj62BMzpnys6LZpxaO-SS4X--dMbt1RQIMfdpIH-Ha2Eb9fq8DTSukA58CyRzfeBfLR0WDXT_PDiGbAYgKWd7u4QALgfRZtxWxFlA/s6016/Moon_With_Jupiter_October9th_2022_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEght7ziVsBiVB4Vy5lR1aYw2SN2j1D1DxflhzG-alDkYFg2VCB_l69oe8c7VF5HztrEb2DhoDzd5l848LJi1fj62BMzpnys6LZpxaO-SS4X--dMbt1RQIMfdpIH-Ha2Eb9fq8DTSukA58CyRzfeBfLR0WDXT_PDiGbAYgKWd7u4QALgfRZtxWxFlA/s320/Moon_With_Jupiter_October9th_2022_03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><o:p><br /></o:p><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I tried an audacious attempt at Mars, which was too far away
to try it by setting the exposure to 1/100 second exposure. No, it didn't work!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div style="text-align: left;">I set the camera and DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO 6400
and 1/3 second exposure to attempt to split Castor, then capture M42, the Orion
Great Nebula. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I did not split Castor but I caught a shot of M42. The nebula was faint but I caught the Trapezium: 4 stars embedded in it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfsIPYApE_ZzEdPxw_c8pKgSpwltcdkozZYya-fkoY9VlpYnrvI-xINc7Dt3Mj361hPS0SmrJn8Gnck-0pLPBmImBgkPW2EIy4S_qDJ-YCsNhg0yv_iBgtIAEWXVKaaoeCsnZyGA-c0KkDuv6yXN9j_ozFvnvpkoshT5ZNhZsW-0ThA7uuz50beA/s2442/M42_October9th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1738" data-original-width="2442" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfsIPYApE_ZzEdPxw_c8pKgSpwltcdkozZYya-fkoY9VlpYnrvI-xINc7Dt3Mj361hPS0SmrJn8Gnck-0pLPBmImBgkPW2EIy4S_qDJ-YCsNhg0yv_iBgtIAEWXVKaaoeCsnZyGA-c0KkDuv6yXN9j_ozFvnvpkoshT5ZNhZsW-0ThA7uuz50beA/s320/M42_October9th_2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">Betelguese was, again, about magnitude 0.4.<o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 8<sup>th</sup> 2105 GMT Moon and Jupiter</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Moon and Jupiter were even closer in the sky than the
evening before but, unfortunately, there was a lot of thin cloud around and not
much was visible. I took a series of shots with my DSLR at 300mm focal length
and ISO 100.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkumvt39r8mKfE8R1_7_3rnRBVdPQ9IF0BgLUrTzJ03mtf9HbL1L0FkX1SOiE9zcBoOSE58-ax0Lb68dUcff8bvjr0OiKkUiEsLTSploHH7I_wgwRRq26kLn63cvvZYvclHufL4GjtxbTD4s2CUOLqR-HsQJiNo6TrLSaz_BLCY3tsfQG8_jnMA/s6016/Moon_With_Jupiter_October8th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="6016" data-original-width="4000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIkumvt39r8mKfE8R1_7_3rnRBVdPQ9IF0BgLUrTzJ03mtf9HbL1L0FkX1SOiE9zcBoOSE58-ax0Lb68dUcff8bvjr0OiKkUiEsLTSploHH7I_wgwRRq26kLn63cvvZYvclHufL4GjtxbTD4s2CUOLqR-HsQJiNo6TrLSaz_BLCY3tsfQG8_jnMA/s320/Moon_With_Jupiter_October8th_2022.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">The full disc moon shots did not focus, so that was it.</p><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 8<sup>th</sup> 1025 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Being Saturday, with a clear sky, I photographed the Sun
with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54 metres focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second
exposure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJtbgZ8ivPwZ3sW8qFe-5d1T-T55RxgR2jpg06EUfE0OVvuXJ7HZrcMmOIcMa9ngs7R0Z4qrg83-g-Gq_s1QKA79QiQAulHMGCIjoJYzpgkLGbvxxv9Bl-kdVt_IbfwyIr0aGQcrcODWDZFLDDRs-0OnYCMZ_y3TgjDw7fqnYQtpKN6epnGyexFg/s3828/Sun_October8th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3773" data-original-width="3828" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJtbgZ8ivPwZ3sW8qFe-5d1T-T55RxgR2jpg06EUfE0OVvuXJ7HZrcMmOIcMa9ngs7R0Z4qrg83-g-Gq_s1QKA79QiQAulHMGCIjoJYzpgkLGbvxxv9Bl-kdVt_IbfwyIr0aGQcrcODWDZFLDDRs-0OnYCMZ_y3TgjDw7fqnYQtpKN6epnGyexFg/s320/Sun_October8th_2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>I followed up with two sets of closer shots at 4.62 metres
focal length, ISO 100 and 1/40 second exposure.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVbxV5PRWLQQJ6VPOK-FrP-BOzi-9ytwLu3s1HrLfWx0i6fuaLI0hElkppi421TZTLoMV1rOcEtzfHgHA19QoBj_5Mrdpb2YL9j0ZTStckVFGurzNaRdocXur56BpXH7m0R2EisH2tL2a2I-lw810rWizLl6-vM2fPaVFGVVhjBB-e58ALEPK5g/s2309/Sun_October8th_2022_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1699" data-original-width="2309" height="235" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmVbxV5PRWLQQJ6VPOK-FrP-BOzi-9ytwLu3s1HrLfWx0i6fuaLI0hElkppi421TZTLoMV1rOcEtzfHgHA19QoBj_5Mrdpb2YL9j0ZTStckVFGurzNaRdocXur56BpXH7m0R2EisH2tL2a2I-lw810rWizLl6-vM2fPaVFGVVhjBB-e58ALEPK5g/s320/Sun_October8th_2022_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1YmgHj_Mp3INq-zJkQgQXc9RYOqbM1IuTKIRhZEFZXsdJhwSBSuqxllPWobMe0K93bmDwP0NKQjgQMikqlX_k9SV2RU0ncix9sWzdVNsBGCalQPnyA9SX0lCK0jpWMVYm65-ZjkgtHYRL5Aopwuvpdi2fDrzDILsRGOea7cbsmde7vyW3DHMeA/s825/Sun_October8th_2022_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="566" data-original-width="825" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1YmgHj_Mp3INq-zJkQgQXc9RYOqbM1IuTKIRhZEFZXsdJhwSBSuqxllPWobMe0K93bmDwP0NKQjgQMikqlX_k9SV2RU0ncix9sWzdVNsBGCalQPnyA9SX0lCK0jpWMVYm65-ZjkgtHYRL5Aopwuvpdi2fDrzDILsRGOea7cbsmde7vyW3DHMeA/s320/Sun_October8th_2022_03.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 8<sup>th</sup> 0120 GMT Betelguese</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I checked outside before going to bed. Mars was in Taurus
but I thought it better to wait until a moonless night before taking a shot.
With Orion clear of the horizon, Betelguese looked unusually bright. From
experience, being as brighter as Rigel was due to extinction, with Rigel being
nearer the horizon. On the other hand, it was far brighter than Aldebaran,
which was a lot higher. Checking also against Pollux, I came to an estimate of
magnitude 0.4.<o:p></o:p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 7<sup>th</sup> 2110 GMT Moon and Jupiter</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I started off taking a shot of the Moon with Jupiter at 70mm
focal length, ISO 100 and 1/50 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmsvlws31SNz5goiQ7CaoLc8DcOCASdNx7dEYVw8_kPyaoUceOnoVhB2MA4A2DHjj8Q3ZUIKTteoFSJQgjJAjICFpSCWr5zT-6CYv4RBH4N1H0i3zdAvOse5lnEMAACFuDU1_C5ybvruj-9vIfVbqE9RsVlWnILuY2a-qYIVzHUY0Tv5ZYDBVo7A/s6016/Moon_With_Jupiter_October7th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmsvlws31SNz5goiQ7CaoLc8DcOCASdNx7dEYVw8_kPyaoUceOnoVhB2MA4A2DHjj8Q3ZUIKTteoFSJQgjJAjICFpSCWr5zT-6CYv4RBH4N1H0i3zdAvOse5lnEMAACFuDU1_C5ybvruj-9vIfVbqE9RsVlWnILuY2a-qYIVzHUY0Tv5ZYDBVo7A/s320/Moon_With_Jupiter_October7th_2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I followed up with a full disc lunar shoot with my Mak and
DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/200 seconds exposure. The first image was inspired by the "mineral moon" photo and I boosted the saturation a few times.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6sYnSqzWuftsLgEid95SJQLqT92mHyy0srdQgp5Mk6rUqs4UnWt7EMe8l7RxImg389cFvxf4buo3ioTJnF6iYdBmnj_zmVscabTEqscdrb8AFIIqcsWgvtUWZMFsCjrXIhb4SkEk8mZs34Kd-a9_EQ59yZ1Qst_vxGxj9dXMdwcVHiL3UKbWe4g/s3823/Saturated_Moon_October7th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3823" data-original-width="3707" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6sYnSqzWuftsLgEid95SJQLqT92mHyy0srdQgp5Mk6rUqs4UnWt7EMe8l7RxImg389cFvxf4buo3ioTJnF6iYdBmnj_zmVscabTEqscdrb8AFIIqcsWgvtUWZMFsCjrXIhb4SkEk8mZs34Kd-a9_EQ59yZ1Qst_vxGxj9dXMdwcVHiL3UKbWe4g/s320/Saturated_Moon_October7th_2022.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I did a more traditional process.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnAMFCqKTzWentxZ1Donbxf7gU20I4aPy7M9eNK7g_WUlT8RuaQ_c5Bsd14Nj5Bz1vEDsZjY56uvQAmSx4RdwffUqVEW1awghdPouVFEhMfUqQcKKmhT3yhoLQUNNXmm50JlvsmJ8YsYuQuTNTdINFgEHgEXAoAWNb0_8IuvOM1nvMkqJ-j-Ytw/s3806/Moon_October7th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3806" data-original-width="3707" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFnAMFCqKTzWentxZ1Donbxf7gU20I4aPy7M9eNK7g_WUlT8RuaQ_c5Bsd14Nj5Bz1vEDsZjY56uvQAmSx4RdwffUqVEW1awghdPouVFEhMfUqQcKKmhT3yhoLQUNNXmm50JlvsmJ8YsYuQuTNTdINFgEHgEXAoAWNb0_8IuvOM1nvMkqJ-j-Ytw/s320/Moon_October7th_2022.jpg" width="312" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I switched to Jupiter at 1.54m focal length, ISO 6400 and
1/3 second exposure to capture the moons. The Jupiter shot was underwhelming, with only a hint of the cloud belts.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnqD4tDF73nKwBi65FOnByYHPqJpqr4x-ZR6ytRLKYURwDSljbRECzVIZrk_kKLRy6oSAqQ0HqzYZ6Okjdqe-HNbE1LclTeW2TVWBKHIQKRXGU1q9yMiORtPEISYH3RgCxoZeraHh9PqDXfStpdBxlj1b_ta3bu0hjrn7_phthUnhZ6I4776aXg/s231/JupiterOctober7th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="215" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnqD4tDF73nKwBi65FOnByYHPqJpqr4x-ZR6ytRLKYURwDSljbRECzVIZrk_kKLRy6oSAqQ0HqzYZ6Okjdqe-HNbE1LclTeW2TVWBKHIQKRXGU1q9yMiORtPEISYH3RgCxoZeraHh9PqDXfStpdBxlj1b_ta3bu0hjrn7_phthUnhZ6I4776aXg/s1600/JupiterOctober7th_2022.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCac7qlAmMfVBbBLd_ceIvSZh9YHmEXSi-psMhk40KUGrpfj3vpeYzrCwwbJBEsOSQkH6PovrGhh8w8IRYTO_99m_-4xd9uFgfqfQHKRNo2D7FdeOIO8Q4f8p9QEHY_5KPGTEIMFyaR-Eq0WkZGtyR2j8vThMb56Db-a9rfyO4kJlbbW8cknxbgg/s6016/Jupiter_With_Moons_October7th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCac7qlAmMfVBbBLd_ceIvSZh9YHmEXSi-psMhk40KUGrpfj3vpeYzrCwwbJBEsOSQkH6PovrGhh8w8IRYTO_99m_-4xd9uFgfqfQHKRNo2D7FdeOIO8Q4f8p9QEHY_5KPGTEIMFyaR-Eq0WkZGtyR2j8vThMb56Db-a9rfyO4kJlbbW8cknxbgg/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_October7th_2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I zoomed in, using a 3x Barlow lens to 4,62m focal length,
ISO 100 and 1/200 second exposure to try and capture planetary detail. I managed to underexpose Jupiter, which rather takes some doing. I combined the moons shot with the planetary disc.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmo70YSaqgk0_Kebkz9bUQvZ9ob6m67YXi-n7GsjnvxfCwUn8rUiOYoHrp2qRsDrxK5QdRZyW6A-gP1HRQUEmU7bSzHeywmdALgLZoNxq1FpQHznOg5VgqGXTrDHGrQ2Pj6aE12Miu8iRjHVfPVcPuQ6eXBwvGx9Gj1xvkuS8n0VWMVoHdSbF3uw/s6016/Jupiter_With_Moons_October7th_2022_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmo70YSaqgk0_Kebkz9bUQvZ9ob6m67YXi-n7GsjnvxfCwUn8rUiOYoHrp2qRsDrxK5QdRZyW6A-gP1HRQUEmU7bSzHeywmdALgLZoNxq1FpQHznOg5VgqGXTrDHGrQ2Pj6aE12Miu8iRjHVfPVcPuQ6eXBwvGx9Gj1xvkuS8n0VWMVoHdSbF3uw/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_October7th_2022_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I combined all the photos together.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4UE-zuTR0T52w0VoD5gkAjnx0TBIYydkBXdtFAvFA5BLu4BN9BRf6J_XwODODTGsRYQI7RyV6aVNJ5U5ASe1i-aMYG5ptOJFN2TTtrIY92U8cM7zEQEfn_AdZlJ4mjg78L1fRd3VWMiXqzYsbvVqbEy4fVd3-6YI3Jm-TCCh0oYSpOJwpZmIoMQ/s6016/Moon_With_Jupiter_October7th_2022_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4UE-zuTR0T52w0VoD5gkAjnx0TBIYydkBXdtFAvFA5BLu4BN9BRf6J_XwODODTGsRYQI7RyV6aVNJ5U5ASe1i-aMYG5ptOJFN2TTtrIY92U8cM7zEQEfn_AdZlJ4mjg78L1fRd3VWMiXqzYsbvVqbEy4fVd3-6YI3Jm-TCCh0oYSpOJwpZmIoMQ/s320/Moon_With_Jupiter_October7th_2022_02.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /> I increased the exposure to 1/15 second to take some lunar
close-ups.<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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outside, so no webcamming for me!<o:p></o:p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 6<sup>th</sup> 0655 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Sun had cleared the houses just before it was time to
start work. Well, actually, I had already started work but 8AM is my official
start time, so I just stopped for a couple of minutes before my official start
time, as it was predicted to be cloudy at lunchtime. I did a quick shot with my
DSLR and filter. I used an exposure time of 1/1600 second exposure, as the Sun
was still quite low in the sky but, otherwise, used my normal settings. I could
see a large sunspot in my camera in my viewfinder, so I had a good chance of a
decent photo.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWAxQuFJdiqFBWm9rmqfkR1qrNL2Ort9JZaFJhANali75U9gQvGwiZiFNKDbhMaBOvWAYF9mOCXmNr4_XUnq_Uix8qVmLyPCQ4NgRmTWlc37Ygrg2qzSelISDMr80rIkHaxEqHsPi8KQm1NXvBD4IKg8QRRLxMigLsd2JZmhFQDyEo6LSAyIEmEg/s803/Sun_October6th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="780" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWAxQuFJdiqFBWm9rmqfkR1qrNL2Ort9JZaFJhANali75U9gQvGwiZiFNKDbhMaBOvWAYF9mOCXmNr4_XUnq_Uix8qVmLyPCQ4NgRmTWlc37Ygrg2qzSelISDMr80rIkHaxEqHsPi8KQm1NXvBD4IKg8QRRLxMigLsd2JZmhFQDyEo6LSAyIEmEg/s320/Sun_October6th_2022.jpg" width="311" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 5<sup>th</sup> 2045 GMT Moon and Planets</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">At last, some clear night sky. It seemed like weeks since
the last one, but it wasn’t quite clear, with some cloud around. I started off
with the Moon, then Saturn and Jupiter, just in case I could get some detail. I
snapped Jupiter’s moons at the usual settings and the Moon with Saturn.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4v7wbkWB8vL9L1ZW45eyDP6pVT0OMV4mhDDhT0qBiUy32MJ1-Dihd3jkUFMLO0BFeYlYfwbwgvY2duk6Qc19Ft7LqlST6C-GLMK1ZYWcWqfknjYC3vGXppgAROaHUJWYeyVWetdRq9KoyjFUz6ZsyTlKloK850pOlzUUh_irQa7_Wtne1WOCrQ/s775/Moon_October5th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="698" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip4v7wbkWB8vL9L1ZW45eyDP6pVT0OMV4mhDDhT0qBiUy32MJ1-Dihd3jkUFMLO0BFeYlYfwbwgvY2duk6Qc19Ft7LqlST6C-GLMK1ZYWcWqfknjYC3vGXppgAROaHUJWYeyVWetdRq9KoyjFUz6ZsyTlKloK850pOlzUUh_irQa7_Wtne1WOCrQ/s320/Moon_October5th_2022.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Jupiter and Saturn did not work but I got Jupiter's moons.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1KJCewb1yI8DvD0zBrF5kyHDJy1rmmfrhyBPVH29MXobMleZl_j84sc6D_mEgEvMqp16E1o8nJw2vL-ervHS3LY_abzawzhsHsUQ566M9BC4s05HYUuNCnJVZI_prVEx75ZDjU8Zz0eNs-ZoxMKKjHDXrIyZSJpSXDseqgLSGwQWBhDe9Ii4XFQ/s6016/Jupiter_With_Moons_October5th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1KJCewb1yI8DvD0zBrF5kyHDJy1rmmfrhyBPVH29MXobMleZl_j84sc6D_mEgEvMqp16E1o8nJw2vL-ervHS3LY_abzawzhsHsUQ566M9BC4s05HYUuNCnJVZI_prVEx75ZDjU8Zz0eNs-ZoxMKKjHDXrIyZSJpSXDseqgLSGwQWBhDe9Ii4XFQ/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_October5th_2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyT96sPN4lGEkxGCVpnyYWuiiu4AhzgrfF8xUGRp5hfWSiv4pSjp6w6Oq30C-QewyTrpah2nu6GgsNTw1ZrD9M5S-K1Ay75CZdADred2lGOOsO3US8fjCoJVQn2xEn4JzRbKUOSHHITHeC3qAgVaOOcWz8nE7RDZoLC61ZcJWQC2J4gWHRNpRAw/s6016/Moon_With_Saturn_October5th_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyyT96sPN4lGEkxGCVpnyYWuiiu4AhzgrfF8xUGRp5hfWSiv4pSjp6w6Oq30C-QewyTrpah2nu6GgsNTw1ZrD9M5S-K1Ay75CZdADred2lGOOsO3US8fjCoJVQn2xEn4JzRbKUOSHHITHeC3qAgVaOOcWz8nE7RDZoLC61ZcJWQC2J4gWHRNpRAw/s320/Moon_With_Saturn_October5th_2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I combined the first and last shots to obtain a composite Moon with Saturn image.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RjNnpNbkGOrVou4kJTFeVfmQk3H_H5ncBOfZsVkndzurKqd2s7wjdH6ddhbqOOOPbtNDu8IhqNVVemAJ2ALljekIqSR3D-fu0dmNMv_gIUNAxV0mu9gNFQIXy5ibXHMFZ0dKfZJhudAYuJDNWO3BiaGL0u5rlKdbSDg0nnS6TwHamLc26v6KSw/s6016/Moon_With_Saturn_October5th_2022_Combined.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7RjNnpNbkGOrVou4kJTFeVfmQk3H_H5ncBOfZsVkndzurKqd2s7wjdH6ddhbqOOOPbtNDu8IhqNVVemAJ2ALljekIqSR3D-fu0dmNMv_gIUNAxV0mu9gNFQIXy5ibXHMFZ0dKfZJhudAYuJDNWO3BiaGL0u5rlKdbSDg0nnS6TwHamLc26v6KSw/s320/Moon_With_Saturn_October5th_2022_Combined.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 2nd 1045 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">“Confess!” said the Spanish Inquisition, so I did, indeed,
confess. I should have been getting on with the housework, as a good husband
should but I’m not always a good husband. The wet and cloudy early morning had
given way to bright sunlight. I had seen the Learmonth images and knew that new
activity had emerged onto the solar disc, having rotated from the far side. I also
knew that, whilst my filtered binoculars or DSLR, alone, would not do it
justice. Mrs Astronomer might forgive a quick bin scan but she doesn’t
read my blog.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So, yes, usual set-up. I stuck a filter on the finderscope
and could see sunspot activity immediately. Had I had more time, I would have
done a shot or few of the view through the finderscope. I took the usual shots
through the Mak with filter and DSLR at 1.54 metres focal length, ISO 100 and
1/500 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmKfG6ZqrG3VYsnpzpt1OMr5fFFvgvUWJpJMoznjPyMWv_c9o23SRVNuTx4TaMrByMrOMp9HoHyX0IjJh5SqO3rlrNWU9insS-eBEHktsiWKXdHSoE3qhhBnnVHb2O7NF9JNv8p99-2Q3Ap_nDlsFwjHf6w9uC_4yUUJWYJssvg9MAWhveNBAEQ/s6016/Sun_October2nd_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFmKfG6ZqrG3VYsnpzpt1OMr5fFFvgvUWJpJMoznjPyMWv_c9o23SRVNuTx4TaMrByMrOMp9HoHyX0IjJh5SqO3rlrNWU9insS-eBEHktsiWKXdHSoE3qhhBnnVHb2O7NF9JNv8p99-2Q3Ap_nDlsFwjHf6w9uC_4yUUJWYJssvg9MAWhveNBAEQ/s320/Sun_October2nd_2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">October 1<sup>st</sup> 1145 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">There was lots of moving cloud, of various
thicknesses. I bin scanned the Sun to reveal two large sunspots.</span><div><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNnxh-1wfaOJPhG51ZrB6J8uXXbilIh2ajJ2yydyTjdyVoGdjzGP7lnPQKJ6pZVJcpdGUrsuPkEFaundfK3Jfn00-m65IUuLhSTrmy17V2jp_Ytv3PC8JviIEvT6rdvk9629wKqEuTsjgBZOpsw6ohYBaO1OF4HpgKjRV55DDQQRNxGZAIyiIXw/s884/SunspotDrawing_October1st_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="780" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNnxh-1wfaOJPhG51ZrB6J8uXXbilIh2ajJ2yydyTjdyVoGdjzGP7lnPQKJ6pZVJcpdGUrsuPkEFaundfK3Jfn00-m65IUuLhSTrmy17V2jp_Ytv3PC8JviIEvT6rdvk9629wKqEuTsjgBZOpsw6ohYBaO1OF4HpgKjRV55DDQQRNxGZAIyiIXw/s320/SunspotDrawing_October1st_2022.jpg" width="282" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; 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These photos were taken with my DSLR and Helga's 'phone. As we don't like showing pictures of ourselves on open social media, these photos are just of the scenery.</div><div><br /></div><div>After unpacking, we headed down to the seafront with our two dogs. 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Afterthought<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">There was another break in the cloud so I did a quick shoot
of Jupiter and Saturn at 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 2 seconds exposure in
an attempt to capture some moons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> Saturn did not show any moons.</span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">I aimed my camera at M11, just in case it came off. It didn't.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 29<sup>th</sup> 1650 GMT Sun and Moon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">There was a rare patch of clear sky, so I snapped the Sun
with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/2000 second, with a filter.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5ZEuKryjdx6QWFErzL2QHv4bAY1WN03XrALDTM59x22GoT5X5htEEwxFWpgMGjJ2h80qAGBPCYwrRRAaPBAY6yb5sIqJ3EnMUPou30ufPdCOvoFcTUVR3OvRhPez-dCJ49rKWGuJ9GK6cVOU5_iYWCmGYp2PQifja-JPnECUEVQEZ1sOq8ZEpg/s786/Sun_September29th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="770" data-original-width="786" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI5ZEuKryjdx6QWFErzL2QHv4bAY1WN03XrALDTM59x22GoT5X5htEEwxFWpgMGjJ2h80qAGBPCYwrRRAaPBAY6yb5sIqJ3EnMUPou30ufPdCOvoFcTUVR3OvRhPez-dCJ49rKWGuJ9GK6cVOU5_iYWCmGYp2PQifja-JPnECUEVQEZ1sOq8ZEpg/s320/Sun_September29th_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I followed with the Moon at 300mm focal length, ISO 400 and
1/200 second exposure. Unfortunately, it was overexposed.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 25<sup>th</sup> 1035 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">With the cloud being a bit thicker than the day before, I
used my binoculars to try to detect sunspots. Unfortunately, they were all too
small and faint to capture.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal">September 25<sup>th</sup> 2300 GMT Planetary Moons and Deep
Sky<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I did not feel encouraged to try for meteors again, nor did
I feel like carting a telescope outside with a bad back. The weather and sky
had an autumnal feel to it, with a coat over my T-shirt and the Pleaides clear
of the horizon.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I started with Jupiter and Saturn’s moons at the usual
settings.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSxK22yklJHR5wUasrp2vqe7_PshIX4TxhV7NCxkAqVEBEBJtgOwonvkQytPmydkAhDRe0ZMIbDpux8pe8ftWSlFVnIK8gfee9S5nHyOx1pWxQOZlXD8SheXZWqpjp3jLG-UNwkdlDQA-NCg93DPTegr23jHksqMuGxmFEbPISKG3GomvT2_luw/s6016/Jupiter_With_Moons_25th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGSxK22yklJHR5wUasrp2vqe7_PshIX4TxhV7NCxkAqVEBEBJtgOwonvkQytPmydkAhDRe0ZMIbDpux8pe8ftWSlFVnIK8gfee9S5nHyOx1pWxQOZlXD8SheXZWqpjp3jLG-UNwkdlDQA-NCg93DPTegr23jHksqMuGxmFEbPISKG3GomvT2_luw/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_25th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviB2DX3-nB_Pz4J9SrAl-joZE6j14Zde7tb5FkDp6CftxM8bOAOam2OjVyvQTU9xgKY_mlRqCK1OORdK3A0yissTbYurbbQB2nyho5-l_e3_kmxUrTu_wg5E2TQ23sYSibedf_mKnaqePQ1AeDEncGS0VjdzqYuxk6oNyHUVYaZV_P86w13ytkQ/s6016/Saturn_With_Titan_25th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgviB2DX3-nB_Pz4J9SrAl-joZE6j14Zde7tb5FkDp6CftxM8bOAOam2OjVyvQTU9xgKY_mlRqCK1OORdK3A0yissTbYurbbQB2nyho5-l_e3_kmxUrTu_wg5E2TQ23sYSibedf_mKnaqePQ1AeDEncGS0VjdzqYuxk6oNyHUVYaZV_P86w13ytkQ/s320/Saturn_With_Titan_25th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">I then continued with 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 2
seconds exposure, as I targeted M34, M33, Pleaides (M45) and Melotte 20.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">I only caught M34 widefield.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrKx2kMOwxlfxTOzJoBCyladoKc1nL3iTA0IGEJfW6Zzb6YH6BRuSSRnJk1hvHMqBj6RafDh5O4yS9K4E33UL6_mzUECbpL2zsA_ryjkaejWIt5z1lYBeB7YIObSuDq9nvK1pVojBvK3-AoZkyDtA2FoJOAi5O3W2cCGbPEmjSF31J-x2ZbtA9Q/s6016/M34_25th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhrKx2kMOwxlfxTOzJoBCyladoKc1nL3iTA0IGEJfW6Zzb6YH6BRuSSRnJk1hvHMqBj6RafDh5O4yS9K4E33UL6_mzUECbpL2zsA_ryjkaejWIt5z1lYBeB7YIObSuDq9nvK1pVojBvK3-AoZkyDtA2FoJOAi5O3W2cCGbPEmjSF31J-x2ZbtA9Q/s320/M34_25th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">I missed M33.<br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">The Pleaides shot was composed of the best 13 of 17 frames taken at the same settings and stacked with dark frames.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSZDiNKeg-sxGKCp9heW2qbJeIBU0LRbvZOZGLR4bk8vbKDqPPIUKZvRnAcV5HhJAo3RyedWn2hRqvXHITW1ybAXKpvIGLbrbme-xozJkvJuhiBdLxe4xrUm_PhuhHq4Tboo8_eHuWm7Uaf3dDpsdB2UitZiKPWo5PMFrvHGXE2aA1jXWlPtmkA/s6016/M45_25th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGSZDiNKeg-sxGKCp9heW2qbJeIBU0LRbvZOZGLR4bk8vbKDqPPIUKZvRnAcV5HhJAo3RyedWn2hRqvXHITW1ybAXKpvIGLbrbme-xozJkvJuhiBdLxe4xrUm_PhuhHq4Tboo8_eHuWm7Uaf3dDpsdB2UitZiKPWo5PMFrvHGXE2aA1jXWlPtmkA/s320/M45_25th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">Melotte 20 showed well, as usual.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQdn9C4US7dguWZmI0YmZmy_Vzlya2HaQA--Ls7KuSLCgXb--qTx9i8abmmORlmqSumQXpKyl_uHrD343vfjtl-MD3HKoGg7_iJmTReCITkCyy3zD_kvkvzTsLWm-NHlQ22yy4SxhV46RfLpA4FUq868l2ZtWoKQ-X0nudFi__I30gUaQSip5hFw/s6016/Melotte20_25th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQdn9C4US7dguWZmI0YmZmy_Vzlya2HaQA--Ls7KuSLCgXb--qTx9i8abmmORlmqSumQXpKyl_uHrD343vfjtl-MD3HKoGg7_iJmTReCITkCyy3zD_kvkvzTsLWm-NHlQ22yy4SxhV46RfLpA4FUq868l2ZtWoKQ-X0nudFi__I30gUaQSip5hFw/s320/Melotte20_25th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I switched to 70mm focal length and 8 seconds exposure to go
for Mars with the Hyades and a widefield view of the Auriga star clusters. I made the shot I had missed the week before bit did not get the Auriga clusters, even though the starfield looked nice.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEineIt7ZqyfQTCj1vVuQKA1kZZlgnlvydOJMVpRzWuYtzuoL5xW15sizJ5-IPCodgPSmIa5GJ0mvfdg2IX4JLFudkdyg39aPYZ89wF4X4NhRaP2n5B8Ubgccb3j0HPjFir5HqwirhfGgbEEwUVf-IyypF1SuI42C8vAX2PO0lvfPJVIwUZavY8Cyw/s6016/Mars_With_Hyades_25th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEineIt7ZqyfQTCj1vVuQKA1kZZlgnlvydOJMVpRzWuYtzuoL5xW15sizJ5-IPCodgPSmIa5GJ0mvfdg2IX4JLFudkdyg39aPYZ89wF4X4NhRaP2n5B8Ubgccb3j0HPjFir5HqwirhfGgbEEwUVf-IyypF1SuI42C8vAX2PO0lvfPJVIwUZavY8Cyw/s320/Mars_With_Hyades_25th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagZw7FfzHrrkSheqfC7S2L7sXIBsrinqgbOdsGdI0F0MkTZcN4MmnvR-GuxH5gMPdAkUweY6dgIERGhmCk43fKY_Vxnh7dcfi2n73oQqLzxAidU-9I4jZa15Bio7ouq60S8QWyqxCcxdrd72Y_rx2hC4Gr6wF4YjwfLk6098IbbNwOne3CwisqQ/s6016/PartOfAuriga_25th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhagZw7FfzHrrkSheqfC7S2L7sXIBsrinqgbOdsGdI0F0MkTZcN4MmnvR-GuxH5gMPdAkUweY6dgIERGhmCk43fKY_Vxnh7dcfi2n73oQqLzxAidU-9I4jZa15Bio7ouq60S8QWyqxCcxdrd72Y_rx2hC4Gr6wF4YjwfLk6098IbbNwOne3CwisqQ/s320/PartOfAuriga_25th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 24<sup>th</sup> 1015 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">The term FOMO (Fear of Missing Out) may be a new term but I'd been aware of the concept for a very long time. In my fishing days, I would often daydream about the fish I would have caught if I didn't go. The same applies to astronomy. If it is dark, at least partially cloud-free, or the Sun is out during the day. After the previous night's blank, I was not optimistic but had a go. I used my normal weekend set-up of Maksutov and DSLR with filter at 1.54m focal length, ISO100 and 1/500 second exposure. Thin cloud prevented me from getting as good a shot as the previous weekend but I caught sunspots and, for that, I was grateful.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyumNL2WnuedJstj-aNEYoHJBoTZQcU7oNoMCXJY6YPqZabXqVUs4bd98CmdbiY51hP4R67WfvtfDeuYAKKnylKITyj5rUKi-MKKhTG1PBQj-1FvCKMPGXiHV8wvEulnI-P7zaC_uWYv2_OcsO2eymYQH3BHtUFGrPnPyvlrEGrs49uJgu5FjuQQ/s3801/Sun_24th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3746" data-original-width="3801" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyumNL2WnuedJstj-aNEYoHJBoTZQcU7oNoMCXJY6YPqZabXqVUs4bd98CmdbiY51hP4R67WfvtfDeuYAKKnylKITyj5rUKi-MKKhTG1PBQj-1FvCKMPGXiHV8wvEulnI-P7zaC_uWYv2_OcsO2eymYQH3BHtUFGrPnPyvlrEGrs49uJgu5FjuQQ/s320/Sun_24th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 24<sup>th</sup> 0330 GMT Mars and Hyades<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Mars had moved considerably from the month before. I snapped
it with the Hyades star cluster at 45mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 6 seconds
exposure. However, the focus was poor and the opportunity was lost.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 24<sup>th</sup> 2300 GMT Meteor Search<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I replaced my battery and aimed again, this time at the
Auriga/Perseus part of the sky. No meteors.</span></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 23<sup>rd</sup> 2130 GMT Meteor Hunt<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">
</p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I aimed my camera at Cassiopeia in the hope of catching an
Epsilon Persei meteor or one of some minor showers in that part of the sky Some trails looked promising but turned out to be aircraft or satellites.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">September 21<sup>st</sup> 0505 GMT Moon and Betelguese</div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I snapped the waning crescent moon with my DSLR at 300mm
focal length, ISO 100 and 1/250 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoZHiicHUYiO86iwzlsSfUHIc12YyM1TA8lAfKAROhoYkERTQvTScFo8YYM2EaYB2oW1VAp01xUZ_Jhwrh_ymxzCs4ogIUAa68xloP_KDSy5iXeZq5unkrFH7WAK0FAkHozQOj50l_5NSbH7uMhROVc6XEcRf6TPczi4e5wYfHpr4YLnQTyhkGw/s605/Moon_21st_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="582" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgoZHiicHUYiO86iwzlsSfUHIc12YyM1TA8lAfKAROhoYkERTQvTScFo8YYM2EaYB2oW1VAp01xUZ_Jhwrh_ymxzCs4ogIUAa68xloP_KDSy5iXeZq5unkrFH7WAK0FAkHozQOj50l_5NSbH7uMhROVc6XEcRf6TPczi4e5wYfHpr4YLnQTyhkGw/s320/Moon_21st_September_2022.JPG" width="308" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I noticed that many stars were visible and I estimated
Betelguese to be magnitude 0.6.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 19<sup>th</sup> 2300 GMT Deep Sky and Moon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I had a pot at Jupiter’s moons again, as a focussing shot. I
went for M34 at various shots and took multiple shots of the Pinwheel Galaxy
(M33) at 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 2 seconds exposure.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I got nothing on the Jupiter shot.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I stacked 6 of 8 frames to get M34.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjdgUzVrkf27EO-m7bHvGR8KvkF8GsTdRJwA0FOxPskiMZF9nXRTwKocW2BjkRsBRKbxEBmf5PP27qSZWGr-x7BLjzFeB-bJCu1O-v9DU_1RabAJJBR2nv9ewbWBPV0HvuAsbEBPs4Zml3naQoRs-uTgPpif7p8lUimaTYbAWyoAKqMUwR7ln3Q/s6016/M34_18th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjdgUzVrkf27EO-m7bHvGR8KvkF8GsTdRJwA0FOxPskiMZF9nXRTwKocW2BjkRsBRKbxEBmf5PP27qSZWGr-x7BLjzFeB-bJCu1O-v9DU_1RabAJJBR2nv9ewbWBPV0HvuAsbEBPs4Zml3naQoRs-uTgPpif7p8lUimaTYbAWyoAKqMUwR7ln3Q/s320/M34_18th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">I could not get the Pinwheel shot to stack, so I processed a single frame.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpj5198lDHINXFOVyPT9oFXGjFsJfMXc6L0OvNtoAr4Vz9l7Lfx9bvsbQKgDuQyL9g5w34_pF4tsNHe-yUWoovMZ1zealn35zk9RTh2qYJWE7V7FIpT_fxeLcDJe8GHCfsjq2yASacoAaxipUyvhA_C0oO5CY4gamp1kidH2kQeE9b0ROr-LWYOg/s6016/M33_18th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpj5198lDHINXFOVyPT9oFXGjFsJfMXc6L0OvNtoAr4Vz9l7Lfx9bvsbQKgDuQyL9g5w34_pF4tsNHe-yUWoovMZ1zealn35zk9RTh2qYJWE7V7FIpT_fxeLcDJe8GHCfsjq2yASacoAaxipUyvhA_C0oO5CY4gamp1kidH2kQeE9b0ROr-LWYOg/s320/M33_18th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;">I ended with the Moon at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and
1/320 second exposure.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgCHLryHa0jtJZTuVEAUtSj8uF_M4hJ_gxlL7XdPp0XbrNpCGmWtQFhq6yZyfegx5MAkANrLzbNFTYvEyA8un1nvTukryJr4Gv9W8BdympTmGWUxO_f43UDoI3gynh1hXbWPd6F2LMP61X55JbGSxyyc3P3DHRVu3W6YbhlW96GncLDwRQ6MiEQ/s627/Moon_18th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="627" data-original-width="599" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgCHLryHa0jtJZTuVEAUtSj8uF_M4hJ_gxlL7XdPp0XbrNpCGmWtQFhq6yZyfegx5MAkANrLzbNFTYvEyA8un1nvTukryJr4Gv9W8BdympTmGWUxO_f43UDoI3gynh1hXbWPd6F2LMP61X55JbGSxyyc3P3DHRVu3W6YbhlW96GncLDwRQ6MiEQ/s320/Moon_18th_September_2022.JPG" width="306" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 18<sup>th</sup> 2230 GMT Jupiter, Saturn and Deep
Sky<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">I was a bit tired but did not want to miss a clear night. I
took shots of each planet with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO 6400
and 1/3 second of exposure in an attempt to capture the moons. I then decreased
the ISO and exposure to try to capture planetary detail. I went for a closer
shot of Jupiter.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJY-89YWlWy8igCNfq1IEm7Prq91PBu5MZvoNHJy-3zfQYINnjSNlHrU6DbOD9t75jESeJvsY4CF4lDvPwBBLedS4k3ZOOlINrxBAgNWlGoWmgAWoadM5jtfZLxpvI8jFibbWtdbfvVHsVbWBUQYMVMOAkHmhkTErbtrW_2ZI5G9m0EK8WWLFKg/s1870/Jupiter_With_Moons_18th_September_2022_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="941" data-original-width="1870" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyJY-89YWlWy8igCNfq1IEm7Prq91PBu5MZvoNHJy-3zfQYINnjSNlHrU6DbOD9t75jESeJvsY4CF4lDvPwBBLedS4k3ZOOlINrxBAgNWlGoWmgAWoadM5jtfZLxpvI8jFibbWtdbfvVHsVbWBUQYMVMOAkHmhkTErbtrW_2ZI5G9m0EK8WWLFKg/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_18th_September_2022_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The attempt to catch Saturn with Titan did not work. Neither did the planet.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;">The image of Jupiter caught a hint of the cloud belts but was over-exposed.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small; font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgISY4y8U3zd96_TKUZQkBEDOEkMczn8IgLYRq3lm_DfijhtSg9PpyMXDZEnmyfmD9L5jjQWgLt6z9KiiihN_pj8VOgsmaKyvgve1AtChQtUTE1v7xaxrczuhLrPVg3poxAPfu1NlVBEi7C5ENv6fRuQbmdnREf5jbOeGDPMIN60nGLfB8MWhSw/s1067/Jupiter_18th_September_2022_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="935" data-original-width="1067" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVgISY4y8U3zd96_TKUZQkBEDOEkMczn8IgLYRq3lm_DfijhtSg9PpyMXDZEnmyfmD9L5jjQWgLt6z9KiiihN_pj8VOgsmaKyvgve1AtChQtUTE1v7xaxrczuhLrPVg3poxAPfu1NlVBEi7C5ENv6fRuQbmdnREf5jbOeGDPMIN60nGLfB8MWhSw/s320/Jupiter_18th_September_2022_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div>I tried some exposures of some deep sky objects,
Pleaides and M34, more as proof of concept shots.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I caught a few of the Pleaides.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoqr4fSsPMDzv7h9loa8nFRMtCld7K52dhHFyzJrv-X-Jid9z-fMKRWM07NaSQe2a11ol2FkUL8i9EdfabWiRYARU0SRC5eNAbBMZ_ycEa7YoVR0AiS0zldPDHc_AclHEaOgIx_2Os_6uHfkh-CrNjr-96uS9Li2iZMxwDUNn_-rptcTCor3nQw/s6016/M45_18th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfoqr4fSsPMDzv7h9loa8nFRMtCld7K52dhHFyzJrv-X-Jid9z-fMKRWM07NaSQe2a11ol2FkUL8i9EdfabWiRYARU0SRC5eNAbBMZ_ycEa7YoVR0AiS0zldPDHc_AclHEaOgIx_2Os_6uHfkh-CrNjr-96uS9Li2iZMxwDUNn_-rptcTCor3nQw/s320/M45_18th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;">As for the other shots, well, they were experimental!</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 18<sup>th</sup> 0830 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Conditions were not perfect. The Learmonth images showed
some groups of small sunspots that I did not expect would show with my DSLR and
filter only or my binoculars. So, it was Mak, filter and DSLR or nothing at
all. With there being thin cloud around, I used a slightly longer exposure time
of 1/400 second. The focal length was 1.54 metres and my ISO setting was 100,
as usual. I took a few images during the rare moments of clearer sky.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8QRlAnVt-yEaeBFfq8IKC4h2Wb1xbCfmBVuv9_3M3GjXsXAFK4lnVXpJk7H0GMurntnWkSoS8850CW9xJjj93_LxpQ3JAfGuBtLOKoV-CTzRhlpSTCaLXxnBC4KZKFHMuA_g-_9NVyscac431dUZvp5m-4D-Rj2jsARt3aSQnid9Za3znR5Xiw/s3380/Sun_18th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3340" data-original-width="3380" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP8QRlAnVt-yEaeBFfq8IKC4h2Wb1xbCfmBVuv9_3M3GjXsXAFK4lnVXpJk7H0GMurntnWkSoS8850CW9xJjj93_LxpQ3JAfGuBtLOKoV-CTzRhlpSTCaLXxnBC4KZKFHMuA_g-_9NVyscac431dUZvp5m-4D-Rj2jsARt3aSQnid9Za3znR5Xiw/s320/Sun_18th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 18<sup>th</sup> 2330 GMT Planets<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">With cloud encroaching from the east, I attempted to
photograph Jupiter’s and Saturn’s moons, then snapped the planetary discs with
my DSLR at ISO 100 with exposures of 1/25 second and 1/320 second for each
planet, respectively.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEAbw3yKg9DTtYRCJ7K85HcaFLhBjeao2ahCuTRI7tGquLIFrldJ9EYmB-gE0qAv4o8C1GVPHq0Ee-dWRZZFdPa0FT7XyLr7_HjkW7wZRseAPeJv1xsAOPHIBgKO6jU7YVyp90xjlgyw1bXuCmMGtimBeAP341HpRsJF4cG52N0_qJQJBDwpBRA/s6016/Jupiter_With_Moons_18th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEAbw3yKg9DTtYRCJ7K85HcaFLhBjeao2ahCuTRI7tGquLIFrldJ9EYmB-gE0qAv4o8C1GVPHq0Ee-dWRZZFdPa0FT7XyLr7_HjkW7wZRseAPeJv1xsAOPHIBgKO6jU7YVyp90xjlgyw1bXuCmMGtimBeAP341HpRsJF4cG52N0_qJQJBDwpBRA/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_18th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNhGnmMcCiOLa4mSIxGHe9dBEHr_uTeGfhs80MFUXRULG4xizThzoy6JaV2gfBlWazwNUMsTSRQqwHeAycM01P8lBHyUJ5VUkvlyISpmF0MHQfl1KB2qV-ZWWdJsSlxp0el3zWMc0CGQIfhvHLin5NsAOzSqzuPbbadQ0Xq5YdDYdPVF0YLPsyA/s6016/Saturn_With_Titan_18th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNhGnmMcCiOLa4mSIxGHe9dBEHr_uTeGfhs80MFUXRULG4xizThzoy6JaV2gfBlWazwNUMsTSRQqwHeAycM01P8lBHyUJ5VUkvlyISpmF0MHQfl1KB2qV-ZWWdJsSlxp0el3zWMc0CGQIfhvHLin5NsAOzSqzuPbbadQ0Xq5YdDYdPVF0YLPsyA/s320/Saturn_With_Titan_18th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I did not get anything on Saturn but caught one of Jupiter's cloud belts and a hint of another.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufUdQK50r6SNFuKBnDO_saaj5VcjBhYK8Be9RLwaUpG4zcJL32LcUv1aBTFSPU8UntqTEFo7MK9cZ0fBCoUWFXp6fB4ipPWto1nkLO6v5X6H-muK0aCuVrLVG9NOcly89HTpk6jTqTjxcZdXGivkG3fzeuCl5NJ2u2QGxEI0P50NOcf1Jrcz7vA/s341/Jupiter_18th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="341" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjufUdQK50r6SNFuKBnDO_saaj5VcjBhYK8Be9RLwaUpG4zcJL32LcUv1aBTFSPU8UntqTEFo7MK9cZ0fBCoUWFXp6fB4ipPWto1nkLO6v5X6H-muK0aCuVrLVG9NOcly89HTpk6jTqTjxcZdXGivkG3fzeuCl5NJ2u2QGxEI0P50NOcf1Jrcz7vA/s320/Jupiter_18th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal">September 17<sup>th</sup> 2140 GMT Meteor Search<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">It was clearer than the evening before and I aimed my
camera at Perseus, with a few minor showers active in the Perseus/Taurus area.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">Unfortunately, the meteors did not co-operate with my plan.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">September 16<sup>th</sup> 2200 GMT Meteor Hunt<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">With cloud to the east, I reset my camera to meteor settings
and aimed my camera at the Square Of Pegasus. <br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At 2240 GMT, I caught a bright "guest star" in Andromeda. When I zoomed in, it did not show any tail or any indication of what it was. It was about as bright as Deneb, in Cygnus. It did not appear on the previous nor following photos, so it remains unidentified.</span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPC8AV-ay1fIZgLG3SaJ9dzab0WwGO07h2MRwgtdVnCE_G4B0eilkZQ3B7ChgDWuViowPM3VWHDyUMXJccl_c7IyBVVKq0FlowlsTmKndA5Jdhe2U-3JaPlpL10wb_BF0Z6tBsmowCu4AA-a9QC5n8xOUQPDwtzh1mlYVtigF2yUsIPgaVtBkfw/s6016/UFO_16th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGPC8AV-ay1fIZgLG3SaJ9dzab0WwGO07h2MRwgtdVnCE_G4B0eilkZQ3B7ChgDWuViowPM3VWHDyUMXJccl_c7IyBVVKq0FlowlsTmKndA5Jdhe2U-3JaPlpL10wb_BF0Z6tBsmowCu4AA-a9QC5n8xOUQPDwtzh1mlYVtigF2yUsIPgaVtBkfw/s320/UFO_16th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">I did not catch any meteors.</span><p></p></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">September 16<sup>th</sup> 2150 GMT Planetary Moons and a
Conjunction</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I changed lenses to try my usual approach at catching the
moons of Jupiter and Saturn with Titan. I used 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and
2 seconds exposure.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The Jupiter shot confirmed the moon capture at 55mm focal length earlier in the evening.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhdsP8JVc8op-qnXG9ST-JOansYkhHRDbg0hyykF1cCw4cPLAPLjb_w0ibWR-tyA8P4h3x0fDyg_fowx83MnahipQmluKnHw-gD1iKKqy_dH5EYv4NPSflO9iL6-fRcrgIlTQ4i6DsvjIWrUZ8DON6VeCCY1Qv97HDvJUmoVaO4P3wHWU5FznFQ/s6016/Jupiter_With_Moons_16th_September_2022_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwhdsP8JVc8op-qnXG9ST-JOansYkhHRDbg0hyykF1cCw4cPLAPLjb_w0ibWR-tyA8P4h3x0fDyg_fowx83MnahipQmluKnHw-gD1iKKqy_dH5EYv4NPSflO9iL6-fRcrgIlTQ4i6DsvjIWrUZ8DON6VeCCY1Qv97HDvJUmoVaO4P3wHWU5FznFQ/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_16th_September_2022_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I also caught Titan.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ADqwVIRbDkrAiSAVf00L8oMzTVv3EcU4U9TJi7qf6DgVn0r4BBHa-LQn-eZA8wIpOsBpDNhlfEGj4HOGOCuB4HRdsS89I1_hd6FFH1XDWbmNbkAeTSukEsv8zcFukfz1j9tWSafeRvWEhTssMEV7cWkCFWDtnXGLsbsHzFgaBXSxji0ZHlC5YA/s6016/Saturn_With_Titan_16th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6ADqwVIRbDkrAiSAVf00L8oMzTVv3EcU4U9TJi7qf6DgVn0r4BBHa-LQn-eZA8wIpOsBpDNhlfEGj4HOGOCuB4HRdsS89I1_hd6FFH1XDWbmNbkAeTSukEsv8zcFukfz1j9tWSafeRvWEhTssMEV7cWkCFWDtnXGLsbsHzFgaBXSxji0ZHlC5YA/s320/Saturn_With_Titan_16th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">The Moon had risen, with Mars just below. Although there
were layers of cloud, I was able to capture the conjunction. I snapped the Moon
on its own at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/125 second exposure. I widened
out to 100mm focal length and increased the exposure to 2 seconds. This
(expectedly) overexposed the Moon but showed Mars as a point of light.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6cF5zwDeHNGyBjVPbUZgI57o0RWqBUcAjfOlUAlLxXPCJ--9lawupvvaKaN0FBZgZ5bintmPuewrWs5Y6R0Jh6LwuzxObPLpg34K91RvC4RKcYSkz47iAxFavV4KnyBsWBuByx3dZ9A7VOfIOLN91QhBz2YIVrsLOwLm9Ys9hHTzWLOgfotRrA/s677/Moon_16th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW6cF5zwDeHNGyBjVPbUZgI57o0RWqBUcAjfOlUAlLxXPCJ--9lawupvvaKaN0FBZgZ5bintmPuewrWs5Y6R0Jh6LwuzxObPLpg34K91RvC4RKcYSkz47iAxFavV4KnyBsWBuByx3dZ9A7VOfIOLN91QhBz2YIVrsLOwLm9Ys9hHTzWLOgfotRrA/s320/Moon_16th_September_2022.JPG" width="270" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuqOykcbpV8OO1aR_0HxzpznviyulX850ppJOcRwD4sl1zFs68C4tanqdhFWee10G3UEKe3eDYl4-1U-HnyksDm64RbgXcGOKIiZBUk8dWP-2ilk1Htj9pQRK-Uo8oKr3tTdXue9XG_hN7jE5eR0-7NvVC7Cz_dB0N5154qjwBszZTV8TxTrdAA/s6016/Moon_With_Mars_16th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSuqOykcbpV8OO1aR_0HxzpznviyulX850ppJOcRwD4sl1zFs68C4tanqdhFWee10G3UEKe3eDYl4-1U-HnyksDm64RbgXcGOKIiZBUk8dWP-2ilk1Htj9pQRK-Uo8oKr3tTdXue9XG_hN7jE5eR0-7NvVC7Cz_dB0N5154qjwBszZTV8TxTrdAA/s320/Moon_With_Mars_16th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8na1ZzTOFvat2JIWiJEy5t0ulpi73ov6EX5z_jdc0TDzHUgMNxkfSdsTJgTPEF086GurGYCGOap6pZWNyG5eYNUc7LmZOoJZGf6h2RedFWCtSMRoqiw2h9xGTNbqVnPn16Ck6ES0bf6SRrTIuCorOPNjAaXuv6sjnOE6z9yl5s9GnLWWuhYWyQ/s6016/Moon_With_Mars_16th_September_2022_Composite.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-8na1ZzTOFvat2JIWiJEy5t0ulpi73ov6EX5z_jdc0TDzHUgMNxkfSdsTJgTPEF086GurGYCGOap6pZWNyG5eYNUc7LmZOoJZGf6h2RedFWCtSMRoqiw2h9xGTNbqVnPn16Ck6ES0bf6SRrTIuCorOPNjAaXuv6sjnOE6z9yl5s9GnLWWuhYWyQ/s320/Moon_With_Mars_16th_September_2022_Composite.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">September 16<sup>th</sup> 2030 GMT Meteor Hunt</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With a cloudy time, at least at night, while away on
holiday, plus being at a less than ideal observing site, I was back home and
set a camera out for meteors. With a few minor showers being active around
Perseus, I thought that was the best place to aim.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>I tried some shots of Jupiter, at first, at 55mm focal
length, ISO 6400 and 6 seconds exposure just to see what might happen with its
moons.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjl1jAz10dNsJNGNHw_D1wwsYIH3maMU6cGLFolnPwRHIEDVChRmah5I59H4gG5im8oyyOGpgu6CWP9Ec3heMdlGKl0H_dw7k75VmXQJGjl4GQ_37XGFXbYkueXfXf1E_C57W4au96J80z8ZpRbZpR_NORxkrD98-IxcDc7CAFJnM4iMceGYdOQ/s6016/Jupiter_With_Moons_16th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOjl1jAz10dNsJNGNHw_D1wwsYIH3maMU6cGLFolnPwRHIEDVChRmah5I59H4gG5im8oyyOGpgu6CWP9Ec3heMdlGKl0H_dw7k75VmXQJGjl4GQ_37XGFXbYkueXfXf1E_C57W4au96J80z8ZpRbZpR_NORxkrD98-IxcDc7CAFJnM4iMceGYdOQ/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_16th_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I thought I had caught a meteor in the first photo but, on examination of the following photos, it turned out to be a satellite trail.</p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">September 14th Perseid Meteor Reprocessed</h3><div style="text-align: left;">With there being little clear sky for a few days, I reprocessed a shot of a Perseid meteor from August 6th. I cropped the image to show more detail and boosted contrast.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSvNAhWnKXrStPhOoZil0CXQEkkYIDbYd0VIrH19TANGAbE1npJUF9THQioUv15Or8pWKqaAp8PtlfL8yLIYErkjed__oGXxGmmIYtaJ92IzRAKqYxs1fUPUCJ3hGeyojXxMYQS2EqFkt5K9T-8ETkZcYt6Humlku6U_YKbHGca8nzWGMt-egwA/s695/PerseidMeteor_August6th_02_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="695" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcSvNAhWnKXrStPhOoZil0CXQEkkYIDbYd0VIrH19TANGAbE1npJUF9THQioUv15Or8pWKqaAp8PtlfL8yLIYErkjed__oGXxGmmIYtaJ92IzRAKqYxs1fUPUCJ3hGeyojXxMYQS2EqFkt5K9T-8ETkZcYt6Humlku6U_YKbHGca8nzWGMt-egwA/s320/PerseidMeteor_August6th_02_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">September 9<sup>th</sup> 2020 GMT Moon</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As for the Sun earlier, I caught the Moon in a rare patch of
clear sky. It was almost full, so I used 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/800
second exposure. The Moon was low in the sky all week and I had seen it partly
obscured several times but never the whole disc. It was on the 8<sup>th</sup>
day of the month that I finally caught it on camera.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDes4L5uWLtWt4wSyETvnlUyaPedsziHUzik1f23pJo1h3unKCaWIKC700nROrn70ILDewiV-SxWZSxHpPXfWF5kgkblRKDMHXSFATabJHdNWNvhOhEvDROgLrRZT8ab-vEGGJLVaKPSCb8Q9zcLimitesJ8hg_7Vm1VpkI36l2MinBybACZetA/s820/Moon_9th_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="770" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilDes4L5uWLtWt4wSyETvnlUyaPedsziHUzik1f23pJo1h3unKCaWIKC700nROrn70ILDewiV-SxWZSxHpPXfWF5kgkblRKDMHXSFATabJHdNWNvhOhEvDROgLrRZT8ab-vEGGJLVaKPSCb8Q9zcLimitesJ8hg_7Vm1VpkI36l2MinBybACZetA/s320/Moon_9th_September_2022.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">September 9<sup>th</sup> 1200 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div style="text-align: left;">There was a rare clear patch of sky, so I snapped the Sun
with my DSLR and filter at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/2000 second
exposure. Unfortunately, none of the images showed any sunspots or other features.</div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">September 3<sup>rd</sup> 0035 GMT Deep Sky and Jupiter’s
Moons</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It cleared again, especially near the zenith. With Perseus
high in the sky, I aimed for a widefield shot of Algol with M34 in Perseus. I
took multiple images at 70mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 8 seconds exposure. I missed Algol but M34 was clear, towards the bottom left.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvR1SQXfSkAr6QMYEQpBaH4mW40dG47hIsDvOE5t1rUSb-WgkMhn1FZ6xPOgxnJzPrCGEbHpr29WNRFoYniJVYu5Zknj_JOSTriv0gc2_BfBx6ANUa4xZnrjtMGvvba0oiUGOYGW0spjaJecsDJZhk6HE_6_tcAxzrFGYLz46AdCMFSxbSFMT0A/s6016/M34_3rd_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicvR1SQXfSkAr6QMYEQpBaH4mW40dG47hIsDvOE5t1rUSb-WgkMhn1FZ6xPOgxnJzPrCGEbHpr29WNRFoYniJVYu5Zknj_JOSTriv0gc2_BfBx6ANUa4xZnrjtMGvvba0oiUGOYGW0spjaJecsDJZhk6HE_6_tcAxzrFGYLz46AdCMFSxbSFMT0A/s320/M34_3rd_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I had a go at the polar regions at 70mm focal length, ISO
6400- and 30-seconds exposure. I was unsure whether it would work but I had a
try and took multiple exposures.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchYGw07J8RDLQre9I99RLQxsq7qJG80ZBqi2jDkzFMTOsYA95Eo562EJ_x-4A5OLt0bdHkt7flcdN2ygf0Hm3Ix6Xh1s7L7IVashgAAmAhWQUqRpUalpZyO4_lYNz9WpD_LvQP0930ZCbrg86VeVk_YD9nwQD8v7zaNtxAjNq1fh32sQtPjhYnw/s4972/Polar_Regions_3rd_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3349" data-original-width="4972" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchYGw07J8RDLQre9I99RLQxsq7qJG80ZBqi2jDkzFMTOsYA95Eo562EJ_x-4A5OLt0bdHkt7flcdN2ygf0Hm3Ix6Xh1s7L7IVashgAAmAhWQUqRpUalpZyO4_lYNz9WpD_LvQP0930ZCbrg86VeVk_YD9nwQD8v7zaNtxAjNq1fh32sQtPjhYnw/s320/Polar_Regions_3rd_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>I ended with Jupiter at 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 2
seconds exposure in the hope of seeing whether the moons had rotated since my
previous shot.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpqDnFzmruRKsFRrYajBWOLA87OHMBp8CAl0TomSY9WORsqB2QIelymE_oKpCdlthw9221mC8qMySNHrX-2a-6C17CNwgC715uDDDhjRZemTF2eJYT4SWBUfCZOKz5VlNul0QfJr3PI_d_XMctFfpGDpj7zq6QuCenvKw5xN4t31JnNpDzkZ5lw/s1034/Jupiter_With_Moons_3rd_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1034" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHpqDnFzmruRKsFRrYajBWOLA87OHMBp8CAl0TomSY9WORsqB2QIelymE_oKpCdlthw9221mC8qMySNHrX-2a-6C17CNwgC715uDDDhjRZemTF2eJYT4SWBUfCZOKz5VlNul0QfJr3PI_d_XMctFfpGDpj7zq6QuCenvKw5xN4t31JnNpDzkZ5lw/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_3rd_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">September 2<sup>nd</sup> 2150 GMT Planetary Moons and Lyra</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The day had been cloudy and I was unable to photograph
either the Sun or Moon. It cleared somewhat later in the evening. Although
cloud persisted, there were some clear patches. I repeated the shot the
previous week where I photographed Jupiter and Saturn at 300mm focal length,
ISO 6400 and 2 seconds exposure to capture their moons, or at least try to.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JJIKuhNq8k7jyU33dd2c4-vvKO3t9H56tsUWM_ZAW-DNnFPlO_Y4Dop0dOjOv8cxYQkBCVM8H937WblxbqAoJfCeefg3wcFw7exmBnFSXgIQxPTP71vSYqW2ZMI2SW9m8QpRYIhh_U8yPd0XKnq5Kz6hmTNZLOwSYAvaVL7MkPHAV0rQDIT1Kg/s451/Jupiter_With_Moons_2nd_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="347" data-original-width="451" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3JJIKuhNq8k7jyU33dd2c4-vvKO3t9H56tsUWM_ZAW-DNnFPlO_Y4Dop0dOjOv8cxYQkBCVM8H937WblxbqAoJfCeefg3wcFw7exmBnFSXgIQxPTP71vSYqW2ZMI2SW9m8QpRYIhh_U8yPd0XKnq5Kz6hmTNZLOwSYAvaVL7MkPHAV0rQDIT1Kg/s320/Jupiter_With_Moons_2nd_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_9AZBAjBI_p2lW8khfiQdL3rOLWZm5tSb-oC_xErCGp4bXCtvBJLj1PGxCaP3acdaGgFwtjsTn3GCSYbKLmtyJ6yXo39yn2sHNW0psr-d4iIksrSQg0IEud_c1tjHWiYKQAGmsBch92sBh-Yfv-0vpSjaIr2WskFe0QUAUwyH4RvUQ3mr8K-pw/s1408/Saturn_With_Titan_2nd_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1062" data-original-width="1408" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR_9AZBAjBI_p2lW8khfiQdL3rOLWZm5tSb-oC_xErCGp4bXCtvBJLj1PGxCaP3acdaGgFwtjsTn3GCSYbKLmtyJ6yXo39yn2sHNW0psr-d4iIksrSQg0IEud_c1tjHWiYKQAGmsBch92sBh-Yfv-0vpSjaIr2WskFe0QUAUwyH4RvUQ3mr8K-pw/s320/Saturn_With_Titan_2nd_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Afterwards, I decided to have a go at photographing Lyra,
which was near the zenith. I took multiple exposures at 70mm focal length,
ISO6400 and 2 seconds exposure and followed with some darks.<o:p></o:p></p>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4E6tNVk0AGhSY8X2Nh9hhh_8nvQQChyQriPFd6kH5QH119gARg3FDhjkV_gE-aSSomcXCF84LdbVWwsIz9wk0ztdyfJOD_LHs5fAK_ME1QgS6ibHuVYxB-NKc7LNIHlCffMdq51iQI4dDBgrqbIwg2mPqYuJfAhGraPlixMaJEZ_RNKRDS4Y5vw/s6016/Lyra_2nd_September_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4E6tNVk0AGhSY8X2Nh9hhh_8nvQQChyQriPFd6kH5QH119gARg3FDhjkV_gE-aSSomcXCF84LdbVWwsIz9wk0ztdyfJOD_LHs5fAK_ME1QgS6ibHuVYxB-NKc7LNIHlCffMdq51iQI4dDBgrqbIwg2mPqYuJfAhGraPlixMaJEZ_RNKRDS4Y5vw/s320/Lyra_2nd_September_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">After that, some more cloud rolled in.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;">September 1<sup>st</sup> 1100 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As I hadn’t seen the Sun for a few days, I bin scanned it,
in poor conditions and saw a single sunspot.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA7OLrbrHWIVfIiqC_QD8gIy0erbS6oP2a0NgJWzbPgok7ANFnmFXM0QweyHp2bHfI2MZN0FHL6sAJRHcmkoY7kQSslkqDR2Wum81NUoB05Dz-A6WY4iHq8KTqx6GIuvROuXjiHGKJSe1oJOU4g3VTHYsFRCIT39sXQZ6dA994IhlqUxi-XxygjQ/s902/Sunspot_Drawing_September1st_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="777" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA7OLrbrHWIVfIiqC_QD8gIy0erbS6oP2a0NgJWzbPgok7ANFnmFXM0QweyHp2bHfI2MZN0FHL6sAJRHcmkoY7kQSslkqDR2Wum81NUoB05Dz-A6WY4iHq8KTqx6GIuvROuXjiHGKJSe1oJOU4g3VTHYsFRCIT39sXQZ6dA994IhlqUxi-XxygjQ/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_September1st_2022.JPG" width="276" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-19739360917855830302022-09-06T11:41:00.005-07:002022-09-06T11:41:51.258-07:00Change in observing/processing Schedule<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Many of you will have noticed that my blog is up to two
weeks out of date and my photo album is even older. You may also wonder what
has happened to the 4<sup>th</sup> edition of “Astronomy with a DSLR”. I have
been working on it, although not as much as I would like. I have, therefore,
decided to make the following changes:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I will be doing routine, DSLR-only, solar and lunar photos
at longer intervals but will try to do full Mak/DSLR shots more often.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As I have managed some good photos of well-known deep sky
objects, I will not keep repeating the same objects, such as the Seven Sisters
and Melotte 20 (the Alpha Persei cluster). I will try to improve on images of
other objects and try some that I have never done before.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I will continue doing meteor searches but will not be
stacking constellation images as by-products on a regular basis. I will leave
them for the “Reprocesses” section when I have several consecutive
days/evenings of cloud and rain.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I will do very few (if any) non-astronomy photos.<o:p></o:p></p>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-52769562492190565992022-08-04T05:42:00.134-07:002022-09-04T13:02:12.695-07:00August 2022<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 29th 2200 GMT Meteor Hunt </h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div style="text-align: left;">I aimed my camera at Cassiopeia and Perseus, with a chance of catching a very late Perseid meteor.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">It was at 2342 GMT in the early hours of the 30th that I caught one that could have been an Aurigid.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP2E-POKCtexe3P10OyU6tKILKL6PMGeGdZCgGBMBlecbSD1NPlMNrrwge9RDXjF--Fxz8iS3YbMFDS13Sn3pHIUDU1lDFqoTDBrHZpcJQ9GX8LP1eVzPgOtpsy11UXAH5sZrBA5nKEG4mms71kIXsuOd-wZ9HK326IBSq1eXBVlT8eUOZ4RhEpg/s462/Meteor_August30th.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="462" height="247" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP2E-POKCtexe3P10OyU6tKILKL6PMGeGdZCgGBMBlecbSD1NPlMNrrwge9RDXjF--Fxz8iS3YbMFDS13Sn3pHIUDU1lDFqoTDBrHZpcJQ9GX8LP1eVzPgOtpsy11UXAH5sZrBA5nKEG4mms71kIXsuOd-wZ9HK326IBSq1eXBVlT8eUOZ4RhEpg/s320/Meteor_August30th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">You've heard the old saying about waiting ages for a bus then several come at one? Meteors can be like that, This one arrived less than a minute after the previous one. It could also have been an Aurigid.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalM_C9a7mXWEkjlk2ZVtHpY9sk2VT8JLolYJ4Hvjd9UBRt9ZbqRlXVS_Q7Mk44qZ5F9YQ0Gv3VWYMZ75goVuMG1AiGmq-SDJe4WQ5LuRjeed_9OwF5RdCmn-gyH0L3ZMONZyH81cSUvzYNvr9oQY42vu2kT98MKAetnVYTvSAbCJr8ilMa3-QMg/s550/Meteor_August30th_02.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="407" data-original-width="550" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjalM_C9a7mXWEkjlk2ZVtHpY9sk2VT8JLolYJ4Hvjd9UBRt9ZbqRlXVS_Q7Mk44qZ5F9YQ0Gv3VWYMZ75goVuMG1AiGmq-SDJe4WQ5LuRjeed_9OwF5RdCmn-gyH0L3ZMONZyH81cSUvzYNvr9oQY42vu2kT98MKAetnVYTvSAbCJr8ilMa3-QMg/s320/Meteor_August30th_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 29th 2100 GMT Jupiter and Saturn</h3><div><br /></div><div>I went for the planets with my Makutov and DSLR. The first shot was of Jupiter at 1.54 metres focal length, ISO 6400 and 1/3 second exposure. Unusually, all four moons were on the same side of the planet (east).</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1VyXaCPbUzUeVDURyszB5Y76u-EERTAPZA3FSLwpFpZxM4vn4natckz6vX3a3FFZYGjIczkQ0lDjJyOPt33b9H-MjXz4ErSMB7GbBBnHzmGR9r2sOpWreFbJfpMx8uWY6MT9znMzRWn16a6CPBTNjQcmoDthkc31q-6QlutCXeKIB4ImxUuygZQ/s1360/JupiterWithMoons_August29th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1360" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1VyXaCPbUzUeVDURyszB5Y76u-EERTAPZA3FSLwpFpZxM4vn4natckz6vX3a3FFZYGjIczkQ0lDjJyOPt33b9H-MjXz4ErSMB7GbBBnHzmGR9r2sOpWreFbJfpMx8uWY6MT9znMzRWn16a6CPBTNjQcmoDthkc31q-6QlutCXeKIB4ImxUuygZQ/s320/JupiterWithMoons_August29th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I inserted a 3x Barlow lens into the imaging train to increase the focal length to 4.62 metres and decreased the exposure time to 1/10 second. I just caught the cloud bands.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj84jk8K9HdDrM_5iZzEBp2JbPVwo5ZWB__otUMrqFnKH7KQt7lbTsT1ZfIByozJOfIi2PL3AmbwRgSqZIBurX5gzwjWm1-pH-9HRcU3ohHyXPJTPjgmv81LnT9P9pqpVMbapeN3PwmHD6KFiHcfE8Kmo-ZjAGj1vXILUFDE1WkyaKHGXRMK7fXw/s775/Jupiter_August29th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="775" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj84jk8K9HdDrM_5iZzEBp2JbPVwo5ZWB__otUMrqFnKH7KQt7lbTsT1ZfIByozJOfIi2PL3AmbwRgSqZIBurX5gzwjWm1-pH-9HRcU3ohHyXPJTPjgmv81LnT9P9pqpVMbapeN3PwmHD6KFiHcfE8Kmo-ZjAGj1vXILUFDE1WkyaKHGXRMK7fXw/s320/Jupiter_August29th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>I combined the two images to show the planet and moons.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_W4zXPNOE-4e94qgSuMmieAnCz7Uhz1kXL22YoI2L6y9NuA19HqikmeceqnXOywBri8fhu0fJW1DgTiCAauUTJq3o8g8wXr-KC7k5wZM8cEK1do6MxhoTTrmcGTb-BNW1qK9kNVB41idQ_XGMNjNdn32L0tbOGRhLl14EWzQYW7c5-HvQwyuqg/s1360/JupiterWithMoons_August29th_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="950" data-original-width="1360" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp_W4zXPNOE-4e94qgSuMmieAnCz7Uhz1kXL22YoI2L6y9NuA19HqikmeceqnXOywBri8fhu0fJW1DgTiCAauUTJq3o8g8wXr-KC7k5wZM8cEK1do6MxhoTTrmcGTb-BNW1qK9kNVB41idQ_XGMNjNdn32L0tbOGRhLl14EWzQYW7c5-HvQwyuqg/s320/JupiterWithMoons_August29th_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>I repeated the same series of shots with Saturn, first getting Titan.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVMGfULJ1a0c2ToC-zJgtOvYE17IUm1Dg_OZqw3LFpzNvbfafxph6wZwRJ_oRwzABLRsplFe1yHjwPzObAMsoT5cWPW4KhaYS5oKjkpC5N6GWVC93QPvRhoHLJ0ecAhyiTRZ6S-jrDY-smRcMvYexPGbNPf9RyxEtrYiCOk5AjLoSVkfTIoSmmoA/s1221/SaturnWithTitan_August29th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1221" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVMGfULJ1a0c2ToC-zJgtOvYE17IUm1Dg_OZqw3LFpzNvbfafxph6wZwRJ_oRwzABLRsplFe1yHjwPzObAMsoT5cWPW4KhaYS5oKjkpC5N6GWVC93QPvRhoHLJ0ecAhyiTRZ6S-jrDY-smRcMvYexPGbNPf9RyxEtrYiCOk5AjLoSVkfTIoSmmoA/s320/SaturnWithTitan_August29th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjhj4GU9Dwm10OpFWz09Bqrvoq1hLuHcbCJ-l2-maXYh-5kMw19VCWvOCZ3PVBw36w6IuO-3YX6As6W23BD2v2WiXj0G8tLvRtEiegyGUVyHPgiIBX_tJdqXWUwsRL2h4mknz9-m0zJ4Hi-ZAzYSv2ZAORizxQ0nCONVRSTatId9ueQQxHsmnb9A/s918/Saturn_August29th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="918" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjhj4GU9Dwm10OpFWz09Bqrvoq1hLuHcbCJ-l2-maXYh-5kMw19VCWvOCZ3PVBw36w6IuO-3YX6As6W23BD2v2WiXj0G8tLvRtEiegyGUVyHPgiIBX_tJdqXWUwsRL2h4mknz9-m0zJ4Hi-ZAzYSv2ZAORizxQ0nCONVRSTatId9ueQQxHsmnb9A/s320/Saturn_August29th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKI6upjqpgvAdLBh72rfygBSq6NFAAsB4V_Xyy3IkwqGt8HF_P4Yup-CHvoCLaSnk2ztIcrdB1R4bS82JQG266jKziqas8yttj06Vua95aeFIQMOCSnfaYRumoS7wyZPtPbttlMPOa2eaK9-WbxJ2Fzi_j5uFcWAmnEbttgi7z1PJ0HfoFKy0-Q/s1221/SaturnWithTitan_August29th_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="984" data-original-width="1221" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijKI6upjqpgvAdLBh72rfygBSq6NFAAsB4V_Xyy3IkwqGt8HF_P4Yup-CHvoCLaSnk2ztIcrdB1R4bS82JQG266jKziqas8yttj06Vua95aeFIQMOCSnfaYRumoS7wyZPtPbttlMPOa2eaK9-WbxJ2Fzi_j5uFcWAmnEbttgi7z1PJ0HfoFKy0-Q/s320/SaturnWithTitan_August29th_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 29th 1015 GMT Sun</h3><div style="text-align: left;">I photographed the Sun with my Maksutov and DSLR at 1.54 metres focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure. There was a nice sunspot group to the south of the solar disc.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymJap027zkSq6T4prWzXmk7qwE_to0GHGTnZp7kJ1oaNNz0O8W9uSVRvrp7nm1TO1T-OBhQ8XuVKlzhmYtC-94df0Cw-nVGqlTKC2Y0vpD5bnTJIs4jpSpB9qZuNmmAR9sKvyAhyNtc5YWDZnx68rvyQePn9fBdrJdQ-ez17ILgF4Dp6pLlkZQQ/s3833/Sun_August29th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3817" data-original-width="3833" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymJap027zkSq6T4prWzXmk7qwE_to0GHGTnZp7kJ1oaNNz0O8W9uSVRvrp7nm1TO1T-OBhQ8XuVKlzhmYtC-94df0Cw-nVGqlTKC2Y0vpD5bnTJIs4jpSpB9qZuNmmAR9sKvyAhyNtc5YWDZnx68rvyQePn9fBdrJdQ-ez17ILgF4Dp6pLlkZQQ/s320/Sun_August29th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 28<sup>th</sup> 2205 GMT Meteor Search</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It had been a cloudy day and there was still quite a lot of
cloud around. I aimed the camera at Cepheus and hoped for a late Perseid
meteor.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">At 2234 GMT, I caught a meteor in Cepheus but it was not a Perseid.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgxXIoIlAAqOHMNexS7g5YK8uckd_9PEDVMHA0K2BEffq8kh0AuqgdTaIXV861xvp_A_Rmz71EV0V4TqQOSwD8Obo2OathGWYt7TIa-N32qrxcccmuji6Q8WX4S8vbEg_zuyceJeBAulojzEC7mWvo82WsOUm8yxfC10LQcb-VG4pj03vxerpSA/s1639/Meteor_August28th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1639" data-original-width="1562" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvgxXIoIlAAqOHMNexS7g5YK8uckd_9PEDVMHA0K2BEffq8kh0AuqgdTaIXV861xvp_A_Rmz71EV0V4TqQOSwD8Obo2OathGWYt7TIa-N32qrxcccmuji6Q8WX4S8vbEg_zuyceJeBAulojzEC7mWvo82WsOUm8yxfC10LQcb-VG4pj03vxerpSA/s320/Meteor_August28th.JPG" width="305" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">At 2345 GMT, I found am unidentified flying object below the cloud that looked a bit like the flying hockey stick I saw earlier in the year.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ8gHkwpNBj7LIeZrlgxuH4kQdMIiWRVqpI2aIZOXd_8ejMMCwtZbss70eCcViyJc1cfYpFqczplZZSL3B2mAaD-aNTyrMJHQrejSDxMZIx-bGVycPYT5Hf9lRMWWLmmrHhMGQddwPhyS-JGg7FtBRfpWBFqO3D-L550_vQPfOjWiRbv5YdGyNOQ/s451/UFO_August28th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="379" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ8gHkwpNBj7LIeZrlgxuH4kQdMIiWRVqpI2aIZOXd_8ejMMCwtZbss70eCcViyJc1cfYpFqczplZZSL3B2mAaD-aNTyrMJHQrejSDxMZIx-bGVycPYT5Hf9lRMWWLmmrHhMGQddwPhyS-JGg7FtBRfpWBFqO3D-L550_vQPfOjWiRbv5YdGyNOQ/s320/UFO_August28th.JPG" width="269" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 27<sup>th</sup> 1110 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Being the weekend, I was able to photograph the Sun with my
Mak, filter and DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO100 and 1/500 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2w_7fBgB6cx6_j0ScPVdhXc232BYDFPPKSnjsq_m7Aexbu2rR0_8nINiaQXjorVJZdk7HzaT3WDN4xOBoAZcbnZBqU8_-shlaR2IKl0Y01JF-CryAcqk8RzdKdKxhzGzUw2ibrHZvOmNnPWwslW8X3dV_qFOc3RF45cU4piaull8uMwRDIjcAg/s3796/Sun_August27th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3696" data-original-width="3796" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs2w_7fBgB6cx6_j0ScPVdhXc232BYDFPPKSnjsq_m7Aexbu2rR0_8nINiaQXjorVJZdk7HzaT3WDN4xOBoAZcbnZBqU8_-shlaR2IKl0Y01JF-CryAcqk8RzdKdKxhzGzUw2ibrHZvOmNnPWwslW8X3dV_qFOc3RF45cU4piaull8uMwRDIjcAg/s320/Sun_August27th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 27<sup>th</sup> 0040 GMT Planets</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My original intention was to capture Jupiter’s moons then
some deep sky targets but I noticed another opportunity. I started off with my
DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 2 seconds exposure. I aimed at Jupiter
then decided to have a pot at Saturn’s Titan, even though they were getting low
in the sky.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Jupiter showed two moons.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozMUBrC03BoGacRmKcP_G9wqYm_ScXrtm22ETjAKciTJnEKjQnjiPkYXpDi7_Wo-d3fTYlYRpjJabaxIv6d42ea4htIS_cQfkaPHSblHO6AX-wh-86LcFgFpZBp8luGSLLw_YTuK1yfrXugrd2yy6X8jKAZ9oc4_2uT2KZz0emDJg2tknb8GOsw/s6016/JupiterWithMoons_August27th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhozMUBrC03BoGacRmKcP_G9wqYm_ScXrtm22ETjAKciTJnEKjQnjiPkYXpDi7_Wo-d3fTYlYRpjJabaxIv6d42ea4htIS_cQfkaPHSblHO6AX-wh-86LcFgFpZBp8luGSLLw_YTuK1yfrXugrd2yy6X8jKAZ9oc4_2uT2KZz0emDJg2tknb8GOsw/s320/JupiterWithMoons_August27th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I bagged Titan, too.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2EEUN6hJ0OIgB6paFjO9wb4UNwQdbHYIVzhi2rkarZCiDJZ9Gq7wWGYekyBIYDykcYsmlPKKCXjaQE0sJ2qulFyJHC7u_SF6XdgW63Jm1GdUPI9fUe86G8EhZ-ApPhRHotHZ7HPYjEiOoXNIjZnlP1_jvygEDlWfb8wKkZ38kDfrrDtEKCrdc4A/s6016/SaturnWithTitan_August27th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2EEUN6hJ0OIgB6paFjO9wb4UNwQdbHYIVzhi2rkarZCiDJZ9Gq7wWGYekyBIYDykcYsmlPKKCXjaQE0sJ2qulFyJHC7u_SF6XdgW63Jm1GdUPI9fUe86G8EhZ-ApPhRHotHZ7HPYjEiOoXNIjZnlP1_jvygEDlWfb8wKkZ38kDfrrDtEKCrdc4A/s320/SaturnWithTitan_August27th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Instead of going for deep sky targets, I saw Mars near the
Pleaides. They were too far apart to capture at 300mm focal length, so I
reduced it to 70mm focal length and increased the exposure to 8 seconds. I stacked the best 75% of 17 light frames and 13 darks.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_YKSzgw6AHZXsKfp7qNEyiYfD1IAv00Qvk6RwCszVRthMiLfbVe4KdPkE769VnSAjhvO42GIL4J9yroKZ32_xAPbj8z8iiIRslfipvYcUPI-srsPQCatUnmf0rWtNj2pFkKS36TjZlnqyVwDAPn5jkUNOGJldh8keBwrRAxciQNVhoua8y1P8Ww/s4950/MarsWithPleiades_August27th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3421" data-original-width="4950" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_YKSzgw6AHZXsKfp7qNEyiYfD1IAv00Qvk6RwCszVRthMiLfbVe4KdPkE769VnSAjhvO42GIL4J9yroKZ32_xAPbj8z8iiIRslfipvYcUPI-srsPQCatUnmf0rWtNj2pFkKS36TjZlnqyVwDAPn5jkUNOGJldh8keBwrRAxciQNVhoua8y1P8Ww/s320/MarsWithPleiades_August27th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Fortunately, I also got Mars in the same field of view as
the Hyades star cluster. I stacked the best 75% of 12 frames and used the same darks.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPlyaqG8aq8IiFrWuyAieePiOPpxmHGnlx-oQsLiafg_JAsHCZ6ujN9x2WMBym8sJlKleD_u_-3XGJlJuIiRLJXyIGiGETJylVazgmLWDRLQGDN7hTsZcCrFfjfjTaOpNAHsOVmYGuPAmQYK8eSjc9Nm7L3o9c9bxb_ezBG_m2G8oag9g3tSCYA/s4789/MarsWithHyades_August27th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3614" data-original-width="4789" height="241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUPlyaqG8aq8IiFrWuyAieePiOPpxmHGnlx-oQsLiafg_JAsHCZ6ujN9x2WMBym8sJlKleD_u_-3XGJlJuIiRLJXyIGiGETJylVazgmLWDRLQGDN7hTsZcCrFfjfjTaOpNAHsOVmYGuPAmQYK8eSjc9Nm7L3o9c9bxb_ezBG_m2G8oag9g3tSCYA/s320/MarsWithHyades_August27th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 27<sup>th</sup> 2310 GMT Meteor Search</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was hoping to start earlier but it was too cloudy. When it
cleared I aimed the camera between Cassiopeia and Perseus in the hope of
catching some late Perseids, even though it was just after the official end.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I caught a bright Perseid at 2355 GMT.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0a2Xi-GZd4FtxaGqf5diUUc60O27paCEXGp3nLkaOFW75kD-oiVx6nbcXJ-PZsqmVwkkXf5RrLr21u2M9ODH5k25VsYBiIp1YLSUPls91keHxAIIZym2Iu7wc1cXBSSkGg4Vzh9TgOlNDEW4Kbx4sAEd49GyoOUjzv5RLR9ttEIir6jNCibb1w/s1941/PerseidMeteor_August26th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1320" data-original-width="1941" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM0a2Xi-GZd4FtxaGqf5diUUc60O27paCEXGp3nLkaOFW75kD-oiVx6nbcXJ-PZsqmVwkkXf5RrLr21u2M9ODH5k25VsYBiIp1YLSUPls91keHxAIIZym2Iu7wc1cXBSSkGg4Vzh9TgOlNDEW4Kbx4sAEd49GyoOUjzv5RLR9ttEIir6jNCibb1w/s320/PerseidMeteor_August26th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I stacked some images as by-products of meteor searches. The first image I took from the clipboard and is overexposed by shows Cassiopeia with the Andromeda Galaxy (M31) and Perseus Double Cluster.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCvQOT61CigM-51I-baes7_q51mpI7XzrTDyH83-MwJVvzfxCivPa_hJYwqKqdMzAyVhSAKB5421GWDfl3cGwqYKjX5bPmwOBLSkJt6C1iaB-D9XKTgU0Fxedsev3_vyzdNJevd8DzM5iYMKnhe6mvLBok_Xx4jW-rS7lTwA9u5p8TlHRGx0r0g/s3465/Cassiopeia_August26th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2305" data-original-width="3465" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSCvQOT61CigM-51I-baes7_q51mpI7XzrTDyH83-MwJVvzfxCivPa_hJYwqKqdMzAyVhSAKB5421GWDfl3cGwqYKjX5bPmwOBLSkJt6C1iaB-D9XKTgU0Fxedsev3_vyzdNJevd8DzM5iYMKnhe6mvLBok_Xx4jW-rS7lTwA9u5p8TlHRGx0r0g/s320/Cassiopeia_August26th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">The second image was a more conventional process. It does not show the Milky Way, Andromeda Galaxy and Perseus Double Cluster as well but shows Triangulum and Andromeda.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrbttij5_vIavulBpj_L8nFAVzdj8K7SmYpHy6hkG-Q7Qq7O_LO7myJsIPQWVaVs_Z69z0SVvti1mN3d1nZc-9oTZ4wqPJ0SIsf4lNdIAzYqSh6wpX-2xyX9lABbldjylNPY93_OCx3iVJ5lDncJ3MukYG7JIeOTPdbmTBlDvRoTsQJ_LEjAAFA/s4758/Cassiopeia_Andromeda_Triangulum_August26th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3328" data-original-width="4758" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQrbttij5_vIavulBpj_L8nFAVzdj8K7SmYpHy6hkG-Q7Qq7O_LO7myJsIPQWVaVs_Z69z0SVvti1mN3d1nZc-9oTZ4wqPJ0SIsf4lNdIAzYqSh6wpX-2xyX9lABbldjylNPY93_OCx3iVJ5lDncJ3MukYG7JIeOTPdbmTBlDvRoTsQJ_LEjAAFA/s320/Cassiopeia_Andromeda_Triangulum_August26th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">There were more similar shots before it got too cloudy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhn9b1OGj6uLEjXmmttJHHhSUMJlNFo_P1SeZQAJyeQP8rAYVB-p_iF5MCpswtHZ4goY-L7_8oqrnT5eRxfqZYxwpg-vxCEgVYf2Jg5GmANX8EW_ZwaRv78dL7TMrrSmaeIFCJ3I05rlRj3khcn9-EfIirc936qwWMSWgrgX7eRRVFHvuyx_wAVA/s6016/Cassiopeia_Andromeda_Triangulum_August26th_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhn9b1OGj6uLEjXmmttJHHhSUMJlNFo_P1SeZQAJyeQP8rAYVB-p_iF5MCpswtHZ4goY-L7_8oqrnT5eRxfqZYxwpg-vxCEgVYf2Jg5GmANX8EW_ZwaRv78dL7TMrrSmaeIFCJ3I05rlRj3khcn9-EfIirc936qwWMSWgrgX7eRRVFHvuyx_wAVA/s320/Cassiopeia_Andromeda_Triangulum_August26th_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCfV-tI63rZI3Ibw3DRGBV7kN-UFzANkSc1OVafWzMydIav6aR3jwnA3x_8WB6_i5rYPRN6rEl9Ywtyb8mUYzILgVdJdDz9yh8b4b0no6SKSp30XH8iah1h8lOtddslEOPCIS44e27CoT7lr8yrNJaqDxlBBhqeyT7CEOk-HYSFz1L_LVGeCSjiA/s5291/Cassiopeia_Andromeda_Triangulum_August26th_03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2959" data-original-width="5291" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCfV-tI63rZI3Ibw3DRGBV7kN-UFzANkSc1OVafWzMydIav6aR3jwnA3x_8WB6_i5rYPRN6rEl9Ywtyb8mUYzILgVdJdDz9yh8b4b0no6SKSp30XH8iah1h8lOtddslEOPCIS44e27CoT7lr8yrNJaqDxlBBhqeyT7CEOk-HYSFz1L_LVGeCSjiA/s320/Cassiopeia_Andromeda_Triangulum_August26th_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 26<sup>th</sup> 1730 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">I snapped the Sun with my DSLR and filter at
300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/2000 second exposure.</span></p></div><div style="text-align: left;">I did not catch any sunspots.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3>August 26<sup>th</sup> 0500 GMT Venus</h3><div>I snapped Venus with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 400 and 1/200 second exposure. The result was not quite as I hoped!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusV7ATUCW8qKYJmEJcJ8gvjJc1Kn7z_TE7DZjoXXZgxjZcLWj5qLVUvBFk4Mk2zVAkqGRKOpn_56OIvUxZ78jgxSkdCxHvY1b7GHQODhDcEzXxBBlXuXDMCVsc-IQ8nYvTpKgtA1bfbkD5CjgiOujlze8f04lRrGkKHxgEeBq5tuspBheA1aqDg/s168/Venus_August26th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="160" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjusV7ATUCW8qKYJmEJcJ8gvjJc1Kn7z_TE7DZjoXXZgxjZcLWj5qLVUvBFk4Mk2zVAkqGRKOpn_56OIvUxZ78jgxSkdCxHvY1b7GHQODhDcEzXxBBlXuXDMCVsc-IQ8nYvTpKgtA1bfbkD5CjgiOujlze8f04lRrGkKHxgEeBq5tuspBheA1aqDg/s1600/Venus_August26th.JPG" width="160" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 23<sup>rd</sup> 0655 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I snapped the Sun with my DSLR and filter at 300mm focal
length, ISO 100 and 1/2000 second exposure. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5iH6S6EOkYFYn_fRme4GOEpGV0vu05-tslYMrPDGIs0jZj01mlR-4gNj0eYM7hmTXjTH6mVAPox3rMApi5dRTqdYCaxTZHYttvn99dOUvc8mo7HTyAnPQnzmjpBhQDjoLM0RyzGRjkYpEFqysxhFFduZzjyVlaLvEtxY-pg0LAKYKvZJ4Jr3CA/s781/Sun_August23rd.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="781" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv5iH6S6EOkYFYn_fRme4GOEpGV0vu05-tslYMrPDGIs0jZj01mlR-4gNj0eYM7hmTXjTH6mVAPox3rMApi5dRTqdYCaxTZHYttvn99dOUvc8mo7HTyAnPQnzmjpBhQDjoLM0RyzGRjkYpEFqysxhFFduZzjyVlaLvEtxY-pg0LAKYKvZJ4Jr3CA/s320/Sun_August23rd.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">August 20<sup>th</sup> 2230 GMT Meteor Hunt<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I set up my camera to catch some late Perseid meteors. Some
are known to pass through the Square of Pegasus, so I decided to have a go
there first.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">At 2244 GMT, I caught what could have been a Perseid meteor.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6imBLOd0zHzxua4d9ZETVYhjZdNTlZ3876xrOiOotMzZqP3jN2nFVv-nf1MAiPGv8jD1EowOuD9cSzS0WMzRaLVgHECPsxf7zB8uToHuomiTW4dIcEw3n-NLBWUSIE3Y4jI1ycG5PeQ8XX-VUDaBp8ZtAoNk_id36VRGg5UHs9TFTNGO1fAI3Q/s370/Meteor_August20th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="370" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy6imBLOd0zHzxua4d9ZETVYhjZdNTlZ3876xrOiOotMzZqP3jN2nFVv-nf1MAiPGv8jD1EowOuD9cSzS0WMzRaLVgHECPsxf7zB8uToHuomiTW4dIcEw3n-NLBWUSIE3Y4jI1ycG5PeQ8XX-VUDaBp8ZtAoNk_id36VRGg5UHs9TFTNGO1fAI3Q/s320/Meteor_August20th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;">Naturally, I processed the images as by-products.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">First one caught the whole of Pegasus.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMipbicEDJZfIlD2vHY8z2cM5HVVAWvdUa2s3j0i6_1iSkrew_827ZAREAfA_c9Y1vF5yU0q6NTcBvIKRsx1XdZEX_EWYy604V2V1Y65UvkGSp1jXcaklYcAvJDtUhaZKhpL-cZMPAYpv2vp_hOL3xGFxgYp-proJerYPWbUvGwf6_X4039K6Ug/s6016/Pegasus_August20th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBMipbicEDJZfIlD2vHY8z2cM5HVVAWvdUa2s3j0i6_1iSkrew_827ZAREAfA_c9Y1vF5yU0q6NTcBvIKRsx1XdZEX_EWYy604V2V1Y65UvkGSp1jXcaklYcAvJDtUhaZKhpL-cZMPAYpv2vp_hOL3xGFxgYp-proJerYPWbUvGwf6_X4039K6Ug/s320/Pegasus_August20th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>As did the next.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_nYBZnM0TgxT7Kpu38TiYDYVghNM2-edJrnbxghs4HbCY0Iy-3G-xbOCUf4KQjpqZvmvEsDLXltHmNUmmAcgw4MmRwXzWGdITDnE3c_6LMHmNQl6LLt00xAT6zM3wnijwLkacftsApKoTmKZUly6074OJO2bqnyMh2uurMk3KqzIoS45E2hg3w/s6016/Pegasus_August20th_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ_nYBZnM0TgxT7Kpu38TiYDYVghNM2-edJrnbxghs4HbCY0Iy-3G-xbOCUf4KQjpqZvmvEsDLXltHmNUmmAcgw4MmRwXzWGdITDnE3c_6LMHmNQl6LLt00xAT6zM3wnijwLkacftsApKoTmKZUly6074OJO2bqnyMh2uurMk3KqzIoS45E2hg3w/s320/Pegasus_August20th_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">The third was the last image to show the whole of Pegasus.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLjvMeedPuALvs62xhWdYOuAkG72VLJYEMEezoEdXT-P4GYM9KIQlqlej-KkbHjtGq9pXeQ1ggGJWT9552TPNa_kHpo_frt31yAcZnFHUGgqlqZe_mzxnJvM1B5HGK23Y1ZwgrniZxeH3gwBlX2VC8fe6Kv-20tSzKRCw5DUq3gQKhKSMuA_q4A/s6016/Pegasus_August20th_03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizLjvMeedPuALvs62xhWdYOuAkG72VLJYEMEezoEdXT-P4GYM9KIQlqlej-KkbHjtGq9pXeQ1ggGJWT9552TPNa_kHpo_frt31yAcZnFHUGgqlqZe_mzxnJvM1B5HGK23Y1ZwgrniZxeH3gwBlX2VC8fe6Kv-20tSzKRCw5DUq3gQKhKSMuA_q4A/s320/Pegasus_August20th_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">The next one did not show any whole constellation.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbHbfzO_UFEqxyyA688BeLwRGQVyvBhFq0RWuTrRZntKQNwXukvWS9hk7iBKJT5690aNkiUFhrxY6c0quXG-UwJl3Wm6BQxU-9O4MCmmozITHL7r7RyL-8uvybaGos6M9zepz94EIJF9V02wJ51sQXgQSELsI2oQmhDEbvfmhrGglqsS83qdmLw/s6016/NoMansLand_August20th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjbHbfzO_UFEqxyyA688BeLwRGQVyvBhFq0RWuTrRZntKQNwXukvWS9hk7iBKJT5690aNkiUFhrxY6c0quXG-UwJl3Wm6BQxU-9O4MCmmozITHL7r7RyL-8uvybaGos6M9zepz94EIJF9V02wJ51sQXgQSELsI2oQmhDEbvfmhrGglqsS83qdmLw/s320/NoMansLand_August20th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">The next image shows the small constellation of Triangulum to the east.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFyOuu8ACSaBVX0OnVR_n7XZRVyL_YP8rKg0DEAoPOEjgQPXKu5S2jZWuCPN_GYhSD2YUntDrgbLCKeI3HV7-zJ97HotBSuWRuELJFGkzH6vSqPTQSpsoMECSPMdvry_zHvksENNgxWI3nvGpiLuhFuvbe1Zq5uEy1QAbdbQsTOljA4vCYm7xgw/s6016/Triangulum_August20th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcFyOuu8ACSaBVX0OnVR_n7XZRVyL_YP8rKg0DEAoPOEjgQPXKu5S2jZWuCPN_GYhSD2YUntDrgbLCKeI3HV7-zJ97HotBSuWRuELJFGkzH6vSqPTQSpsoMECSPMdvry_zHvksENNgxWI3nvGpiLuhFuvbe1Zq5uEy1QAbdbQsTOljA4vCYm7xgw/s320/Triangulum_August20th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-weight: normal;">The next image was similar but cloud was encroaching from both sides.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkeyWW7ELM6P3vbfJgCTensslzCdYOiEE2b0yFbY3gQJObQR7CUPOaAplgPq-r0wRS3QrOu74TZYxVqMDNc61wMRhNVUB10kG_r5gCcgLczaQI6lBWcmt9w98eio_KKp1FNiERfPcykhj1xIXlvy_Mx2WBQA7hLbF1po2Xht_-Y-MGFU2t7pO-Q/s6016/Triangulum_August20th_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbkeyWW7ELM6P3vbfJgCTensslzCdYOiEE2b0yFbY3gQJObQR7CUPOaAplgPq-r0wRS3QrOu74TZYxVqMDNc61wMRhNVUB10kG_r5gCcgLczaQI6lBWcmt9w98eio_KKp1FNiERfPcykhj1xIXlvy_Mx2WBQA7hLbF1po2Xht_-Y-MGFU2t7pO-Q/s320/Triangulum_August20th_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;">Then the cloud largely disappeared.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6fj6kg5l0iTuigtFXqHTT5HIGHYNxRuXpqu4_23hUt3i5hozbmv4iMY4nGY7X1XP1wDTIFHavDQbwu1JYKjjUdpV6tRtQAWaD2m6ljGvDjawo_EnfDq_o8ycXF9zJ1wbJ_l0s29nune90-V02w7XhG-1YqHJr6bNoB7yQ2k13iIt8uSdOUXy6w/s6016/Triangulum_August20th_03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja6fj6kg5l0iTuigtFXqHTT5HIGHYNxRuXpqu4_23hUt3i5hozbmv4iMY4nGY7X1XP1wDTIFHavDQbwu1JYKjjUdpV6tRtQAWaD2m6ljGvDjawo_EnfDq_o8ycXF9zJ1wbJ_l0s29nune90-V02w7XhG-1YqHJr6bNoB7yQ2k13iIt8uSdOUXy6w/s320/Triangulum_August20th_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: 400;">Then the cloud returned with a vengeance!<br /></span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahLqIsDgYihE1l2w1YURoM_9XcjVt9Zsdte5Uj79nEM9KI7mFi81xrutx4IxBj5tKsMWqyU9wJ-SDPiz1Ww52LoeuZ1qsNOWl4xCgd80bSf_iFX73zIaAjdP7Q4tKbYL8I_rJXYnfoQslYcxMl9hJ5IaAefb5EE5ydhQKLzhW-sXHqHbIb3mwYA/s6016/Triangulum_August20th_04.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahLqIsDgYihE1l2w1YURoM_9XcjVt9Zsdte5Uj79nEM9KI7mFi81xrutx4IxBj5tKsMWqyU9wJ-SDPiz1Ww52LoeuZ1qsNOWl4xCgd80bSf_iFX73zIaAjdP7Q4tKbYL8I_rJXYnfoQslYcxMl9hJ5IaAefb5EE5ydhQKLzhW-sXHqHbIb3mwYA/s320/Triangulum_August20th_04.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">In the next image, the whole of Andromeda became visible but the cloud ruined it.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU6_J4bg84uNkVSIGqCjNcXr1dwx4VYHY3oHaG9NGImAk7KwSU6PdujBMPA9S6jPkGk-pbC8d2xbEthW9XaecLowI7eiA8TVMtJUao3AuO7PYR58cFBx1w8F1kyK086auneSQQ2tUctmKh6jFWamVPLFv2Y-FSFUaBsuhD8dxwbINt4TZsTojD3A/s6016/AndromedaTriangulum_August20th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU6_J4bg84uNkVSIGqCjNcXr1dwx4VYHY3oHaG9NGImAk7KwSU6PdujBMPA9S6jPkGk-pbC8d2xbEthW9XaecLowI7eiA8TVMtJUao3AuO7PYR58cFBx1w8F1kyK086auneSQQ2tUctmKh6jFWamVPLFv2Y-FSFUaBsuhD8dxwbINt4TZsTojD3A/s320/AndromedaTriangulum_August20th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div>The next image was similar.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRZb8jBE34tMzk4HrhxOmb5uFxx1I-Ne8Bd7-JZQGiDkTTw2uHSzPw64K-908oby5X06EUZ_HwWzY1zodQ_vkXxBmZZbTYT7548EhnKckEHDnuL4nQCqvLiJR_I5ooKeFIPBKINq7SDbtvj3sNsGdgqPwjOlZq8xoWYhAFXoYuUSh4-jQLyBy4WA/s6016/AndromedaTriangulum_August20th_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRZb8jBE34tMzk4HrhxOmb5uFxx1I-Ne8Bd7-JZQGiDkTTw2uHSzPw64K-908oby5X06EUZ_HwWzY1zodQ_vkXxBmZZbTYT7548EhnKckEHDnuL4nQCqvLiJR_I5ooKeFIPBKINq7SDbtvj3sNsGdgqPwjOlZq8xoWYhAFXoYuUSh4-jQLyBy4WA/s320/AndromedaTriangulum_August20th_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;">There was still cloud in the last one but Aries had appeared fully.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoWELSKT2H5wdtbIizLRmgpNcV9BagXyiWZrUZWhneuvZzU7xTbStePBz3BhyRQoIesSjAmIdtL4QTGPcF6nOUX1zyys4DNniREnTI99Z9qq6VOHFV6VvfWPqfSxP4qlf-vYoQL1zkQFo32TngtC4uNODflTw9UqZWlPnzoe2_zt2jIKsRi5aog/s6016/AndromedaTriangulumAries_August20th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivoWELSKT2H5wdtbIizLRmgpNcV9BagXyiWZrUZWhneuvZzU7xTbStePBz3BhyRQoIesSjAmIdtL4QTGPcF6nOUX1zyys4DNniREnTI99Z9qq6VOHFV6VvfWPqfSxP4qlf-vYoQL1zkQFo32TngtC4uNODflTw9UqZWlPnzoe2_zt2jIKsRi5aog/s320/AndromedaTriangulumAries_August20th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 20<sup>th</sup> 0735 GMT Sun and Moon</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I snapped the Moon with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO
400 and 1/200 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZBEVLt76v904gniYo9W2KDgCKS_jTVAqt48skLfp7_w2YTJzdaH9y6guoBSv1pnGyKPI-8jh3By7lNRjA56vsm7kCjxrn3Wz4ouoRGyL_rpx2jbHPx2iQZCoPxQ9Hxch0Lf6LUQSmdybWTwhoJ96aG66_1Rw-yg-Y5YHYPziVsNj5QvjVFewAA/s715/Moon_August20th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="621" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnZBEVLt76v904gniYo9W2KDgCKS_jTVAqt48skLfp7_w2YTJzdaH9y6guoBSv1pnGyKPI-8jh3By7lNRjA56vsm7kCjxrn3Wz4ouoRGyL_rpx2jbHPx2iQZCoPxQ9Hxch0Lf6LUQSmdybWTwhoJ96aG66_1Rw-yg-Y5YHYPziVsNj5QvjVFewAA/s320/Moon_August20th.JPG" width="278" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">I followed up with the Sun with a filter at
300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/2000 second exposure.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPmEQFCGQtFLJoGExedsZZIdbdErVeLsvi64ZL-4Q42xPfRyXIftKMlQhhkHlQm-_Va3hRC_L1Tn4zU_K5rVWzS0-WCv5yTwmZcuoFbDWzkqYJdfAHcXp217izajlTKYT1U7N6d6P1agmOAp9Sd_n_rRuuGBs3ve444Dee0yWf2L3XI4a3jmQ5wg/s797/Sun_August20th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="797" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPmEQFCGQtFLJoGExedsZZIdbdErVeLsvi64ZL-4Q42xPfRyXIftKMlQhhkHlQm-_Va3hRC_L1Tn4zU_K5rVWzS0-WCv5yTwmZcuoFbDWzkqYJdfAHcXp217izajlTKYT1U7N6d6P1agmOAp9Sd_n_rRuuGBs3ve444Dee0yWf2L3XI4a3jmQ5wg/s320/Sun_August20th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 19<sup>th</sup> Jupiter’s Moons and Deep Sky</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I aimed at Jupiter’s moons with my DSLR at 300mm focal
length, ISO 6400 and 2 seconds exposure. I caught just one moon but a lot of background stars.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEihWUT7xakvBUaIosI9mlspPoUtMcMBRhmsIpbK6IU_RBa4q0EqkcPrFBBVG1A6CjJvKKHrAHDrQWK8wEZKVQ3rKs-qIuCeRkImx7TdnorBWhbTM9OEF7PLSIBSKgcNKtQOZqB1GAGZQXS6QdT2oiODGsX5bMHM6kX5LgGiTxSmKesCKezTqog/s6016/JupiterWithMoons_August19th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAEihWUT7xakvBUaIosI9mlspPoUtMcMBRhmsIpbK6IU_RBa4q0EqkcPrFBBVG1A6CjJvKKHrAHDrQWK8wEZKVQ3rKs-qIuCeRkImx7TdnorBWhbTM9OEF7PLSIBSKgcNKtQOZqB1GAGZQXS6QdT2oiODGsX5bMHM6kX5LgGiTxSmKesCKezTqog/s320/JupiterWithMoons_August19th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">The close-up revealed that the "single moon" was two close together and that there were two "bumps" on the planet, which were the other two moons partly obscured.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNyk_rg_Tn5lW3-g-XS0uCj3iJ4nPPCU9052g2Z7oCM6GwFYBjwsXB1KpU_VIvZyevdVgHwu4WH_qPsGlXjWR3InlUvCya64H0vQveDvdhB6KBmCAIeZmQXfP7U3p4Zi7r6LA7JLCjqtCpY7Y74NEDpRZ-8IOPQTGhx9ZuExR9nl-Ch7GUbDNWQ/s462/JupiterWithMoons_August19th_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="429" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWNyk_rg_Tn5lW3-g-XS0uCj3iJ4nPPCU9052g2Z7oCM6GwFYBjwsXB1KpU_VIvZyevdVgHwu4WH_qPsGlXjWR3InlUvCya64H0vQveDvdhB6KBmCAIeZmQXfP7U3p4Zi7r6LA7JLCjqtCpY7Y74NEDpRZ-8IOPQTGhx9ZuExR9nl-Ch7GUbDNWQ/s320/JupiterWithMoons_August19th_02.JPG" width="297" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I shot some widefield photos of Melotte 20 at 70mm focal
;length, ISO 6400 and 8 seconds exposure, followed by some darks.<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Sometimes I get lucky shots and caught a Perseid meteor passing to the left (east) of the cluster.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxjk93iwReWXmBxuotdylYD7mqbX-gPZwyMxIkxjefM31IdSIqANgNmSzwsThyeM2hNt2hoeAY_3TfiSW24thTcryaeOVBjwojkFthjIASExajpJBA9rxVZLjkeyx25nJvAec0uIKouWE9KQy0d_f42eF5EVaYB3tDZIZXIbjn4uMpWuEK97yzA/s3921/PerseidMeteor_August19th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2365" data-original-width="3921" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSxjk93iwReWXmBxuotdylYD7mqbX-gPZwyMxIkxjefM31IdSIqANgNmSzwsThyeM2hNt2hoeAY_3TfiSW24thTcryaeOVBjwojkFthjIASExajpJBA9rxVZLjkeyx25nJvAec0uIKouWE9KQy0d_f42eF5EVaYB3tDZIZXIbjn4uMpWuEK97yzA/s320/PerseidMeteor_August19th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">This was the final result of the stack.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVNSLER-EdxQIpcpfVh0n2uz9WH_1I_nZn_7a5VJF3PJvjtxywTqH3J39Ed4DgCMdC2mRcTV0gSmo3O1LLyTwFfc75Oo78a_iy5yfugFsDBm7S3aOFYIvnf2fxxAkoYKKZCr8Aj8X9-24SfJ8PlKAZavB5IBpGRYTMMa2qaJ39YoOfwZcza8QfQ/s5363/Melotte20_August19th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3845" data-original-width="5363" height="229" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggVNSLER-EdxQIpcpfVh0n2uz9WH_1I_nZn_7a5VJF3PJvjtxywTqH3J39Ed4DgCMdC2mRcTV0gSmo3O1LLyTwFfc75Oo78a_iy5yfugFsDBm7S3aOFYIvnf2fxxAkoYKKZCr8Aj8X9-24SfJ8PlKAZavB5IBpGRYTMMa2qaJ39YoOfwZcza8QfQ/s320/Melotte20_August19th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 18<sup>th</sup> 1135 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>After a few days of bad weather, there was a clear patch of
sky, so I snapped it with my DSLR and filter at my usual settings of 300mm
focal length, ISO 100 and 1/2000 second exposure.</p><p class="MsoNormal">I caught a single large sunspot but it needed a lot of processing to show.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5biHfiTeDs6DvVusnAc3WgfvVVe8DCwVEJPx8oPPG30LcLZg_LvZFxhp9mDDTGAwwIns_a_e2CYwDgYC1n2koLr4M1x4Rx2ZlE3dov4KAKPGpwkXN89te7stoNBfKU6_GXfWN0reNkV9GNCniS8dr8gLRHH-iOVA7rNxOEXY28Z4C7NtiTgNxoA/s814/Sun_August18th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="814" height="307" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5biHfiTeDs6DvVusnAc3WgfvVVe8DCwVEJPx8oPPG30LcLZg_LvZFxhp9mDDTGAwwIns_a_e2CYwDgYC1n2koLr4M1x4Rx2ZlE3dov4KAKPGpwkXN89te7stoNBfKU6_GXfWN0reNkV9GNCniS8dr8gLRHH-iOVA7rNxOEXY28Z4C7NtiTgNxoA/s320/Sun_August18th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><h3>August 15th 0715 GMT Moon</h3><div>I snapped an early morning moon with my DSLR.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58bRPG9rG-1Dzjn3EYcLb-UNqsaBqzfILrmhws5N42T89K-tZvQRfgsuJxAgXIw3oVFtbLNEFV0HcC7LFniqxZSLYwdbq4Tg_5BnxCvP-IP-mrp3Tcd14mLw6kZ8vgA5Da1AT-nzCMnZvBA3fjjVtKbuCixnrwT_QzUyeAOF4qRJRMdhv9qH1PQ/s720/Moon_August15th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="710" data-original-width="720" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj58bRPG9rG-1Dzjn3EYcLb-UNqsaBqzfILrmhws5N42T89K-tZvQRfgsuJxAgXIw3oVFtbLNEFV0HcC7LFniqxZSLYwdbq4Tg_5BnxCvP-IP-mrp3Tcd14mLw6kZ8vgA5Da1AT-nzCMnZvBA3fjjVtKbuCixnrwT_QzUyeAOF4qRJRMdhv9qH1PQ/s320/Moon_August15th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3>August 14th 1025 GMT Sun</h3><div>I did another full disc solar shot with my Mak and DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure. I caught several sunspots and faculae.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-YkYpHynlNxNwx3kKQF9-m8BXU9EV3Sxu6xMtm3oMIktYlEOaRsBV0QnGQXgA_fWfM-x-4bKR3I98rhtgexjrLlx1rEq_ZAMWJwy2LVHZqSxNCdpGKqRAn72sP18OrVyUygP5Ex2El76TWUZGw1sSZzjA62PH3KzKAncJVXo7BMikJZouuks9g/s3784/Sun_August14th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3740" data-original-width="3784" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1-YkYpHynlNxNwx3kKQF9-m8BXU9EV3Sxu6xMtm3oMIktYlEOaRsBV0QnGQXgA_fWfM-x-4bKR3I98rhtgexjrLlx1rEq_ZAMWJwy2LVHZqSxNCdpGKqRAn72sP18OrVyUygP5Ex2El76TWUZGw1sSZzjA62PH3KzKAncJVXo7BMikJZouuks9g/s320/Sun_August14th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3>August 14th 0425 GMT Moon and Planets</h3><div style="text-align: left;">I snapped the Moon in the early morning with my DSLR.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8WrLoSz5dVGOPOYJtzQaoArm5cp5TneaxOWM02II6BsLq56S0gmIrA9ZDcD8lGr9AcmxfZQIzhLFEdO2oqeaMqqp8S7q2AcBOtwiVFV-Q3aTJ2rhyJ8TInGsIpdpKMBWS1b8-CUAZG3RpNjyHF-HCeMdJpbq7hEShUw1UQmZSeU83zXXMwP0mw/s787/Moon_August14th_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="748" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8WrLoSz5dVGOPOYJtzQaoArm5cp5TneaxOWM02II6BsLq56S0gmIrA9ZDcD8lGr9AcmxfZQIzhLFEdO2oqeaMqqp8S7q2AcBOtwiVFV-Q3aTJ2rhyJ8TInGsIpdpKMBWS1b8-CUAZG3RpNjyHF-HCeMdJpbq7hEShUw1UQmZSeU83zXXMwP0mw/s320/Moon_August14th_02.JPG" width="304" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I followed up with Venus that showed a nearly full phase.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAYDdsDYUJWwBoOYmkhI7yE7T-0f78Pj_0eVUqM55EJuM365foi3b-dfbPzVIf31OUkYlKuturewjlcB3tWDpU_AR0r18_ivllIRw_fGYi5171dK5E5RzaFrzbKJ4_ybNwVSuEV9vAuHZ-EHe2toAPlmC_UzKgAUsmc2I-3CTmBs0h0ycqaOJ0QA/s47/Venus_August14th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="46" data-original-width="47" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAYDdsDYUJWwBoOYmkhI7yE7T-0f78Pj_0eVUqM55EJuM365foi3b-dfbPzVIf31OUkYlKuturewjlcB3tWDpU_AR0r18_ivllIRw_fGYi5171dK5E5RzaFrzbKJ4_ybNwVSuEV9vAuHZ-EHe2toAPlmC_UzKgAUsmc2I-3CTmBs0h0ycqaOJ0QA/w188-h185/Venus_August14th.JPG" width="188" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I caught a more than a hint of Jupiter's cloud belts.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPH95lf5TjcrTMJ1F7oIPY-4_iRVRKQ6Hq0DUdoS0CohURGNfkDPdbAYz0O7LGujhb9f3M8w8UPKbXKuQVWMC9J6C3KnyBOPHV0ruue36TlvgL6UoqVlLkMh1xowx9oc461mTiiGrwKVbKWkf6OaE-1K4k-t8oD9DAU0KbM5Jm1kPnNr7u4rwxPg/s140/Jupiter_August14th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="140" data-original-width="140" height="140" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPH95lf5TjcrTMJ1F7oIPY-4_iRVRKQ6Hq0DUdoS0CohURGNfkDPdbAYz0O7LGujhb9f3M8w8UPKbXKuQVWMC9J6C3KnyBOPHV0ruue36TlvgL6UoqVlLkMh1xowx9oc461mTiiGrwKVbKWkf6OaE-1K4k-t8oD9DAU0KbM5Jm1kPnNr7u4rwxPg/s1600/Jupiter_August14th.JPG" width="140" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3>August 14th 2340 GMT Jupiter with Moons and Ours</h3><div>I used my normal settings of 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 2 seconds exposure to get this snap of all four of Jupiter's moons.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKCb7bUzXuEOqvVol3NmwVafmkCUKOGxolQuYp1Gdc3MQDFsU-JaYO9cTIuaXqSVjJ3m7Jd5D9cjov6sj-QLebjo8I1AFdsm8_UcMy3qeGCVguHjP-_sgF3aHUhkTodPTUpaLRp04WFSzUlXEN8PCz-ok6qMt0POlP6pvNG-8y_L8S9a88zYz-A/s589/JupiterWithMoons_August14th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="589" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuKCb7bUzXuEOqvVol3NmwVafmkCUKOGxolQuYp1Gdc3MQDFsU-JaYO9cTIuaXqSVjJ3m7Jd5D9cjov6sj-QLebjo8I1AFdsm8_UcMy3qeGCVguHjP-_sgF3aHUhkTodPTUpaLRp04WFSzUlXEN8PCz-ok6qMt0POlP6pvNG-8y_L8S9a88zYz-A/s320/JupiterWithMoons_August14th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I caught a hint of the cloud belts at the same focal length.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Lbt37zEzMdj1R8HAL9vsQ0-nI0NAbbpeyqJ-sXiz-MPjLxEsK07VrXfRQrYUBkVRmI3Cs34jedN2B-swWu4WOVkJGYAYivAO0dvoX22lXolqdDg7LmPeDDUxRq4MBusLIjevLGP5FDlPThHGWcb7zTMW4bN2SLslen0THX8CMJ_4ur-a8yuVsg/s242/Jupiter_August14th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="242" data-original-width="242" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Lbt37zEzMdj1R8HAL9vsQ0-nI0NAbbpeyqJ-sXiz-MPjLxEsK07VrXfRQrYUBkVRmI3Cs34jedN2B-swWu4WOVkJGYAYivAO0dvoX22lXolqdDg7LmPeDDUxRq4MBusLIjevLGP5FDlPThHGWcb7zTMW4bN2SLslen0THX8CMJ_4ur-a8yuVsg/s1600/Jupiter_August14th.JPG" width="242" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Then, I combined the two.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNDEvhlUNekYN8MD52zI1IQGn7wpeF_KfEwERGpU2-mkCQo6o_bv8la97dRNkadu9d-bgLxH_NmvchCAvBIQWAAIHYOJ3W17AJQmh3IdiNlEemVIdWsXoXKXsEr5T8VSfUksUKTnhWLrACoj7jUMS3uSDmG9Om4tWhVBT4IgQY8XW9mqUj-VY9A/s589/JupiterWithMoons_Composite_August14th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="589" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNDEvhlUNekYN8MD52zI1IQGn7wpeF_KfEwERGpU2-mkCQo6o_bv8la97dRNkadu9d-bgLxH_NmvchCAvBIQWAAIHYOJ3W17AJQmh3IdiNlEemVIdWsXoXKXsEr5T8VSfUksUKTnhWLrACoj7jUMS3uSDmG9Om4tWhVBT4IgQY8XW9mqUj-VY9A/s320/JupiterWithMoons_Composite_August14th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I snapped our own moon at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/640 second exposure.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0W0Jbj5BNO6lYynPPoyOxW_OEZwJOIdD_zj1_IZESeJmEoWE58B242cErRQWUk3_bJsGaeq7mAjE-CNBRafr_xfZ46WYhw1Qt4ME4O6VmZ4FOI9Rb6b-JI9dwScyD-DQ37IIy2JVcEERR_lORXZdx2ZPltNr0jLhlQe5E0oUkI8CecOXEM9BAzw/s709/Moon_August14th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="709" data-original-width="676" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0W0Jbj5BNO6lYynPPoyOxW_OEZwJOIdD_zj1_IZESeJmEoWE58B242cErRQWUk3_bJsGaeq7mAjE-CNBRafr_xfZ46WYhw1Qt4ME4O6VmZ4FOI9Rb6b-JI9dwScyD-DQ37IIy2JVcEERR_lORXZdx2ZPltNr0jLhlQe5E0oUkI8CecOXEM9BAzw/s320/Moon_August14th.JPG" width="305" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><h3>August 13th 2125 GMT Meteor Hunt</h3><div style="text-align: left;">Conditions were not good but I carried on regardless. I used my usual settings and aimed towards the area including Cassiopeia and the Pole Star.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I caught a "guest star" in Cepheus but trying to zoom in on it gave no clue to its nature. It still appeared as a star.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9tv71Qt4jeGxxDsFtv5rsgxI2jEAKBML99rfZb0qabfAEnwG4olwhhnRnNbXJG-lW4OIKHvZ2EIFOiO9uEI8LPM9pC7YKa5dNGKI0M2hYFnE8MMlsQXkGjWuzEssAWzL3qfZOLSznyNh5vtcXDtQG75AApuodLgVpmc51RV9LdjY7Y8ZlNRh-Q/s1831/UFO_August13th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1744" data-original-width="1831" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9tv71Qt4jeGxxDsFtv5rsgxI2jEAKBML99rfZb0qabfAEnwG4olwhhnRnNbXJG-lW4OIKHvZ2EIFOiO9uEI8LPM9pC7YKa5dNGKI0M2hYFnE8MMlsQXkGjWuzEssAWzL3qfZOLSznyNh5vtcXDtQG75AApuodLgVpmc51RV9LdjY7Y8ZlNRh-Q/s320/UFO_August13th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I caught a meteor in the top left corner (again!) at 2213 GMT. It was not a Perseid, as it was travelling in the wrong direction.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WNlahVlciTc33I1-k7M88TDL7xN5acS9s6lQ20BKEgJqQIzBnXHucdfqCo70QDqa2IBFNSraHfqr9kOGQWE1vTQsTh4Y0O4SnCxF3a-ANi-SG_2TtYsvr8uA3-fBWvEMcpqPeVoHT7RXg4SsG2b1YvqJZV6kK9QAV8ZGjDP6-dl4pCpQxHs7eA/s457/Meteor_August13th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="457" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8WNlahVlciTc33I1-k7M88TDL7xN5acS9s6lQ20BKEgJqQIzBnXHucdfqCo70QDqa2IBFNSraHfqr9kOGQWE1vTQsTh4Y0O4SnCxF3a-ANi-SG_2TtYsvr8uA3-fBWvEMcpqPeVoHT7RXg4SsG2b1YvqJZV6kK9QAV8ZGjDP6-dl4pCpQxHs7eA/s320/Meteor_August13th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>At 2244 GMT, I caught a "proper" Perseid travelling through Cepheus.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcaJWJ2XFtjppxIVlVeIKG_QwfstYRAgFbdZKRd6AwPNDQ25C4fOzCsKwarXTY4tp5phFtTqkDZtpXZ1mKl8P1k2fcIjpq8HzLEtTbUeFSvmd-pWpYuYrgmzZ0Lk0wrHZ8WtI1OtSxLqOgN5k7UPtLvb-Qi05HjQy5WC6KIkPg2dbXdZEQj2VKow/s2792/PerseidMeteor_August13th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2792" data-original-width="2624" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcaJWJ2XFtjppxIVlVeIKG_QwfstYRAgFbdZKRd6AwPNDQ25C4fOzCsKwarXTY4tp5phFtTqkDZtpXZ1mKl8P1k2fcIjpq8HzLEtTbUeFSvmd-pWpYuYrgmzZ0Lk0wrHZ8WtI1OtSxLqOgN5k7UPtLvb-Qi05HjQy5WC6KIkPg2dbXdZEQj2VKow/s320/PerseidMeteor_August13th.JPG" width="301" /></a></div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At 2322 GMT, a bright meteor appeared.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeduFsxBstdXUl-FQikLOWhCncGFNlEkTVoc-6v_ZC6buLdKVM2IlWV5prLN6-psN-RrE889mRJBXduqw_EYxgRKDhb6Gt2GbdD7-eSrUy2EX_99w2BsyUW908zb0fkT_kkFB0EoSVa_bfy7WL0E8auq8zhKaIiH-JIADIQQmGuEqDApqmOmGYIQ/s2447/PerseidMeteor_August13th_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2217" data-original-width="2447" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeduFsxBstdXUl-FQikLOWhCncGFNlEkTVoc-6v_ZC6buLdKVM2IlWV5prLN6-psN-RrE889mRJBXduqw_EYxgRKDhb6Gt2GbdD7-eSrUy2EX_99w2BsyUW908zb0fkT_kkFB0EoSVa_bfy7WL0E8auq8zhKaIiH-JIADIQQmGuEqDApqmOmGYIQ/s320/PerseidMeteor_August13th_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I also stacked some images as a side issue.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3PHZGJem1KDSa0BEQ3tyb3Uo4gBOVIWHrNDiRxOJvdwb1vQoSWZFYR7KliDmmJ_heztW7Nt3_rF3hKb8ZlNzCx1HIKRNCoQgAjDRzgc6G7v5tlY_3BqfekJ-c9FDdEOQaTDw5Pcb5SnbbRkZXph3c3NyvML3GL__3Y8VUpgDo1Whslt7FMkj-Qw/s320/CassiopeiaCepheusUrsaMinor_August13th_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLt_3XFYmKuWLylZIU33g4IfAHyOpai3BRFqTKmLFH-26egc0lzQU7RKeECO7HvH803QpfwdTNY6i944-w9mtqx-Mgd948ChJKYy2Jagabjhr5BCflFFpL0b9bOvBRxOR92vxKiDYQhtf-Lyenb7xwgV68wJUJZqruJwAXi1fQpu6BgkXtj8O7Fw/s6016/CassiopeiaCepheusUrsaMinor_August13th_03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLt_3XFYmKuWLylZIU33g4IfAHyOpai3BRFqTKmLFH-26egc0lzQU7RKeECO7HvH803QpfwdTNY6i944-w9mtqx-Mgd948ChJKYy2Jagabjhr5BCflFFpL0b9bOvBRxOR92vxKiDYQhtf-Lyenb7xwgV68wJUJZqruJwAXi1fQpu6BgkXtj8O7Fw/s320/CassiopeiaCepheusUrsaMinor_August13th_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3>August 13th 1145 GMT Sun</h3><div style="text-align: left;">I tried to photograph the Sun with my DSLR but managed to over-expose it.</div><h3>August 12th 2200 GMT Moon</h3><div>I used the same settings as the evening before but got a similar result.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmzcljg1YkcITsUVqlFgdXApBXQuiCvJ3ZUnshUsr-Vr-FCzfZicPwh-XkgIjMbpZ_KpcCQX1bPUTbFV42iIVbYGIQjjIgqoMcbilM2huMbgJaKrNpeMxvuJmlfQXvaPMoI1UOpHNd_4QCrLRNmT6PY7zcKG1WoIOH5UOF2bQ05A7f7k_drtBbbA/s831/Moon_August12th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="831" data-original-width="798" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmzcljg1YkcITsUVqlFgdXApBXQuiCvJ3ZUnshUsr-Vr-FCzfZicPwh-XkgIjMbpZ_KpcCQX1bPUTbFV42iIVbYGIQjjIgqoMcbilM2huMbgJaKrNpeMxvuJmlfQXvaPMoI1UOpHNd_4QCrLRNmT6PY7zcKG1WoIOH5UOF2bQ05A7f7k_drtBbbA/s320/Moon_August12th.JPG" width="307" /></a></div><br /><div>I did a meteor hunt straight after but did not get the camera settings right.</div><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 11th 2050 GMT Moon</h3><div>It was the so-called "supermoon" but it was low and conditions were hazy. I photographed it with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/800 second exposure.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05HYqkUNVnaVVagmjXBczFTlVu80OB5aR4361Ctzw31i_wHO9DTaGSs-ejqKiNK5LN72GA5QbV-XXGm1vdZAk9uB3lzL-T26XWk8zlx5UKLtZD1Io12GxuaPVHlkrgrOxTN5FQCLlRaqX2z3YoXb_n0I8hG27ogbsCPA9nMEUbzfbnLOyfxLPhg/s787/Moon_August11th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="787" data-original-width="786" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05HYqkUNVnaVVagmjXBczFTlVu80OB5aR4361Ctzw31i_wHO9DTaGSs-ejqKiNK5LN72GA5QbV-XXGm1vdZAk9uB3lzL-T26XWk8zlx5UKLtZD1Io12GxuaPVHlkrgrOxTN5FQCLlRaqX2z3YoXb_n0I8hG27ogbsCPA9nMEUbzfbnLOyfxLPhg/s320/Moon_August11th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 11<sup>th</sup> 0650 GMT Sun</h3><div><span><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I photographed the Sun using my DSLR at 300mm focal length,
ISO 100 and 1/2000 second exposure. I did not detect any sunspots.</p></span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;"><h3 style="color: black;">August 10<sup>th</sup> 2100 GMT Moon</h3><div style="color: black; text-align: left;">I snapped the Moon at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/800 second exposure. Even if I say so myself, it came out rather well.</div><div style="color: black; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuodg6zPGmlHQDwNqdxyS8s6qCfx-dcuz7iOnvMO_VQqWUM1oX9DYvDhzMUSn0E8MF9Mt1b_vHy-F_cOqMUr-xnbzQn5UgljQU1zAnfZOY17GM49tnRQHxlx-y26ij2HYnEfai5lXI-RiMk6FEsE5Zi8vEAMcSaAzkklMLi2mx7BjXaxTDBK-tMQ/s809/Moon_August10th_01.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="759" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuodg6zPGmlHQDwNqdxyS8s6qCfx-dcuz7iOnvMO_VQqWUM1oX9DYvDhzMUSn0E8MF9Mt1b_vHy-F_cOqMUr-xnbzQn5UgljQU1zAnfZOY17GM49tnRQHxlx-y26ij2HYnEfai5lXI-RiMk6FEsE5Zi8vEAMcSaAzkklMLi2mx7BjXaxTDBK-tMQ/s320/Moon_August10th_01.JPG" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: black; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="color: black;">August 10<sup>th</sup> 1615 GMT Sun</h3><div style="color: black; text-align: left;">I snapped the Sun with my DSLR and filter at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/2000 second exposure. I caught some sunspots.</div><div style="color: black; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMYT_NNG-ruWZvp1tdzR0OaK1cIhg6oX46GbXFg78j9PI5LkbNuGuPcj-BO_-iIMyjcRlCtggttOfQAAxSqd7YAPmsResap71fXHkpbdhO2rns2ILK-jkyJgMrn5h2GoP9mC5eMMltqa-XaqeEiLNV4RdCYX30Pk-C0-lMZwxr_zjcZrZ4-89EQ/s792/Sun_August10th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="780" data-original-width="792" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXMYT_NNG-ruWZvp1tdzR0OaK1cIhg6oX46GbXFg78j9PI5LkbNuGuPcj-BO_-iIMyjcRlCtggttOfQAAxSqd7YAPmsResap71fXHkpbdhO2rns2ILK-jkyJgMrn5h2GoP9mC5eMMltqa-XaqeEiLNV4RdCYX30Pk-C0-lMZwxr_zjcZrZ4-89EQ/s320/Sun_August10th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="color: black; text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="color: black;">August 9<sup>th</sup> 2015 GMT Moon</h3></span></div><div><span>I snapped the Moon at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/640 second exposure.<br /><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSTHNkqS1Ntf84Xi3HEjQud8HnrUncIPXMk7tvciiOYfqpjIXRizG6VuJw9ucXvoFYJ1Lx695fKbW2nWMOewexiO13HuKJWjGH6tKMadh60BoReHsxLKx6Dh1jLL4QRwbfiWx2AZsNXvHdkoueurUh3Y4y9fymnZ01FrzjmcTzPMFcTq6Yawh-w/s824/Moon_August10th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="715" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsSTHNkqS1Ntf84Xi3HEjQud8HnrUncIPXMk7tvciiOYfqpjIXRizG6VuJw9ucXvoFYJ1Lx695fKbW2nWMOewexiO13HuKJWjGH6tKMadh60BoReHsxLKx6Dh1jLL4QRwbfiWx2AZsNXvHdkoueurUh3Y4y9fymnZ01FrzjmcTzPMFcTq6Yawh-w/s320/Moon_August10th.JPG" width="278" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;"><div style="color: black; text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 9<sup>th</sup> 1120 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I snapped the Sun with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO
100 and 1/2000 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PsiAh2alp88vNKSkXX2ODnQXIAA6w59lrXc9tdZQ2Wik4LGwP9EdBlRYG40QWS6h1X_E3Egs3zpWBfhJduiJKXwoLWOKiM6_Px4Y_hl7O5SG_jtlyWAm-_MV7ccqzVMmKlCK5JL0BmgPaLPXGDUDmzm88XrUXYAzx6O-mdgrKAOKAHJfPmtGLA/s770/Sun_August9th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="769" data-original-width="770" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PsiAh2alp88vNKSkXX2ODnQXIAA6w59lrXc9tdZQ2Wik4LGwP9EdBlRYG40QWS6h1X_E3Egs3zpWBfhJduiJKXwoLWOKiM6_Px4Y_hl7O5SG_jtlyWAm-_MV7ccqzVMmKlCK5JL0BmgPaLPXGDUDmzm88XrUXYAzx6O-mdgrKAOKAHJfPmtGLA/s320/Sun_August9th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="color: black;"><br /></h3><h3 style="color: black;">August 8<sup>th</sup> 2050 GMT Moon</h3><div><span style="color: black;">I snapped the Moon with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/640 second exposure.</span></div><div><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2PrHjTAkup_YUKEqxvXhM9IkDYbvF4rl7oKQme-uSZRFX3B5adm9x4-d-SW54U49P9aBrPHg7g832rkVzwZaETzr23aXYCA2WjShAulyG_X09uBsr3veRLFra5V_NxCFjRlw9bh1rhIv4S54ByS3SZbri0gNVpHf2AmSBgRxUe8SKHf3_K3WBw/s820/Moon_August8th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="820" data-original-width="693" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik2PrHjTAkup_YUKEqxvXhM9IkDYbvF4rl7oKQme-uSZRFX3B5adm9x4-d-SW54U49P9aBrPHg7g832rkVzwZaETzr23aXYCA2WjShAulyG_X09uBsr3veRLFra5V_NxCFjRlw9bh1rhIv4S54ByS3SZbri0gNVpHf2AmSBgRxUe8SKHf3_K3WBw/s320/Moon_August8th.JPG" width="270" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: black;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="color: black;">August 7<sup>th</sup> 2015 GMT Moon</h3></span></div><div><span>I snapped the Moon with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkS6OapvN9AfwFW_7kAv0RiukKs-ySRw5tZsTO4k9H1seyBO42stHRGfUze2VM0-omXCDXumPYL8camwlhWEH3cGsGJuXRHUZG7ija8pQrJUddQ7xFYZFFEzOwsueeZKofPz4ZuG_HapCY-TPXXKPZCnQmWs4ZOYHD4mRUyyP-Es2yBIox6t56RQ/s764/Moon_August7th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="577" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkS6OapvN9AfwFW_7kAv0RiukKs-ySRw5tZsTO4k9H1seyBO42stHRGfUze2VM0-omXCDXumPYL8camwlhWEH3cGsGJuXRHUZG7ija8pQrJUddQ7xFYZFFEzOwsueeZKofPz4ZuG_HapCY-TPXXKPZCnQmWs4ZOYHD4mRUyyP-Es2yBIox6t56RQ/s320/Moon_August7th.JPG" width="242" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div><span><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 7<sup>th</sup> 1210 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Encouraged by the success of the day before, I
did another white light shoot of the Sun, using the same settings.</span></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgY4NnmdCWssQe_BsjZGVvWEq3WZ4wnLIUv1zmaI_C3VJtU-Ekpd2bsKG4rm7YyBL-GwdBhJCmXoziWzdc6zLRu33DgRrwJGJZx3zx8aizfCK7knbUtrAHSC4uKYRsYlYHBO8JY8a3MVHk-_nLUPe0OhcGD-KDWTvZ5CX5PZwiIG3jQri3v8JJw/s3761/Sun_August7th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3729" data-original-width="3761" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtgY4NnmdCWssQe_BsjZGVvWEq3WZ4wnLIUv1zmaI_C3VJtU-Ekpd2bsKG4rm7YyBL-GwdBhJCmXoziWzdc6zLRu33DgRrwJGJZx3zx8aizfCK7knbUtrAHSC4uKYRsYlYHBO8JY8a3MVHk-_nLUPe0OhcGD-KDWTvZ5CX5PZwiIG3jQri3v8JJw/s320/Sun_August7th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 7<sup>th</sup> 0110 GMT Jupiter’s Moons and Deep Sky</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I was not finished for the night. I swapped my wide field
lens for my telephoto zoom lens and set it at 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and
2 seconds exposure. I started with Jupiter.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqUnXCOwjxVX3o2cOCMil7dnl8EbQJiJRbUbODpGnvZObbAa671w9j1Orq8y0OVclYZZuFs0Lib6yAfQY_GhocCXoow5NgGvIFMCFk5lJ23nNnj0q38NBKr63qrvCxdRfnkl-ElRTh0Q3J6H2LRTWCbkvi3xpYoulrNnRTzhR2tyeIFmO9HLpiA/s6016/JupiterWithMoons_August7th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqUnXCOwjxVX3o2cOCMil7dnl8EbQJiJRbUbODpGnvZObbAa671w9j1Orq8y0OVclYZZuFs0Lib6yAfQY_GhocCXoow5NgGvIFMCFk5lJ23nNnj0q38NBKr63qrvCxdRfnkl-ElRTh0Q3J6H2LRTWCbkvi3xpYoulrNnRTzhR2tyeIFmO9HLpiA/s320/JupiterWithMoons_August7th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I shot some darks then took quite a few frames of the
Pleiades (M45). It was at 0133 GMT, I caught my first visual Perseid meteor,
which was about as bright as Capella (Mag 0).<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPge4OwudIX9wvF6Rks9T16cOk37_veuXXgQE0tY-G4gl0nRuKIn1zxEG2t22TYNzWrk4ulOBGJ-QCIZ_b2h1-2uPHBQ96TbEfnHDnxDxSkRzoxqausio7yJwE0o0YLJ1dg7Q2gdwKmtL1-LJ1ZrMlSvly4ke55c1rSE2F6kOpLHlHLxPw0h6kg/s6016/M45_August7th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQPge4OwudIX9wvF6Rks9T16cOk37_veuXXgQE0tY-G4gl0nRuKIn1zxEG2t22TYNzWrk4ulOBGJ-QCIZ_b2h1-2uPHBQ96TbEfnHDnxDxSkRzoxqausio7yJwE0o0YLJ1dg7Q2gdwKmtL1-LJ1ZrMlSvly4ke55c1rSE2F6kOpLHlHLxPw0h6kg/s320/M45_August7th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I ended up with a large number of frames of Melotte 20,
hoping to better my shot from the previous month. I stacked the best 96 of 128.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4YKQTOaxRXIWbrP75QpS6lxfFuoLd4FmUxGF41IwrHVUGap0CpWDZeQmV8vksZyZnwOGcFKMGOlkEZ9MS1T3J3lmUlw9jqY_NasHNKqKvhfTlFNbu1y4xju5nZs4DCKUdWLQoEc3gJHH2cPbR6fLYoAwwgwVaZKbR1MJ9FcV4Rr-yJX8EiVh3YQ/s6016/Melotte20_August7th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4YKQTOaxRXIWbrP75QpS6lxfFuoLd4FmUxGF41IwrHVUGap0CpWDZeQmV8vksZyZnwOGcFKMGOlkEZ9MS1T3J3lmUlw9jqY_NasHNKqKvhfTlFNbu1y4xju5nZs4DCKUdWLQoEc3gJHH2cPbR6fLYoAwwgwVaZKbR1MJ9FcV4Rr-yJX8EiVh3YQ/s320/Melotte20_August7th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></span></div><div><span style="color: #04ff00;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span>August 7th 2300 GMT Meteor Hunt</span></h3><div>I continued hunting meteors in the same part of sky.</div><div><br /></div><div>I caught a sporadic meteor at 2333 GMT.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTIaa9frJQc3udnm2GCtU5xzMV8NT4gpxgZ8MxZNtx5DwXfdx5_zzx61sP69Uewo_II5S3sEbXBHxdjIfNffMcagihBVbBFJ6UcE6gFkwC2HsVxb6i9OpSTz-eakChp2bEkxQJmZ3rdO7wMaqMCK5jEKXOlEuiDzaXDQGxvkLNzc83oogEVoVHZg/s6016/Meteor_August7th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTIaa9frJQc3udnm2GCtU5xzMV8NT4gpxgZ8MxZNtx5DwXfdx5_zzx61sP69Uewo_II5S3sEbXBHxdjIfNffMcagihBVbBFJ6UcE6gFkwC2HsVxb6i9OpSTz-eakChp2bEkxQJmZ3rdO7wMaqMCK5jEKXOlEuiDzaXDQGxvkLNzc83oogEVoVHZg/s320/Meteor_August7th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg304jutR-0Q3KFnOHJ20qR_e6gVAG0VYUiDxw6XmJI5zuJWXaGTaZzzlYsr3_--5vvMl4NqR-gMZ7O1mnwf9YCWN8jsSkj2GDV1AjWuBy7_BxeKvDe7VZvvr6N9tM7dHEywJLS8wyCORSj5B6rCAk1DBOF0yUP04gM61_LeIDqBHa6hc27umwPHw/s797/Meteor_August7th_Close.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="797" height="302" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg304jutR-0Q3KFnOHJ20qR_e6gVAG0VYUiDxw6XmJI5zuJWXaGTaZzzlYsr3_--5vvMl4NqR-gMZ7O1mnwf9YCWN8jsSkj2GDV1AjWuBy7_BxeKvDe7VZvvr6N9tM7dHEywJLS8wyCORSj5B6rCAk1DBOF0yUP04gM61_LeIDqBHa6hc27umwPHw/s320/Meteor_August7th_Close.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> At 2358 GMT, I caught a Perseid meteor, bright but with a short trail.</div><div><br /></div><div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMQc40kGy8aqkBpPwcwf9q99UxN29DlsFePr1eXADOcNft1PIcAH9ByMC0GVtiQkuZnc4U995ReBp4JKQMVQ1nbABJm_PkyxXJqBQI3PGZpjMc3Ew_NqvSk4AKYCw1te8QBraaod2dAJmQI70WaSaFcjF7BwmL9ci8amve5ec_eynwybz5ubt4w/s2085/PerseidMeteor_August7th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1881" data-original-width="2085" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMQc40kGy8aqkBpPwcwf9q99UxN29DlsFePr1eXADOcNft1PIcAH9ByMC0GVtiQkuZnc4U995ReBp4JKQMVQ1nbABJm_PkyxXJqBQI3PGZpjMc3Ew_NqvSk4AKYCw1te8QBraaod2dAJmQI70WaSaFcjF7BwmL9ci8amve5ec_eynwybz5ubt4w/s320/PerseidMeteor_August7th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /> I stacked some constellation shots from the multitude of images used to hunt for meteors.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYbeOyhVYBVdP5kT5zVeWY0--UTpBzjSM0GIRcUfGQ-wdNL6rEO5Ne_4WIrv5f0sjLydX3tcTEXq4wHeOwn8Bb7-gmZDorLtxubaDDcP-IT5rcptsTNN8yaGnSthj4IQTunBxk2wrhWhh-maTn2mVPtcEknMj3bTmD6iGV5hWw4FJOIcnJw16dw/s6016/Cassiopeia_August7th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEYbeOyhVYBVdP5kT5zVeWY0--UTpBzjSM0GIRcUfGQ-wdNL6rEO5Ne_4WIrv5f0sjLydX3tcTEXq4wHeOwn8Bb7-gmZDorLtxubaDDcP-IT5rcptsTNN8yaGnSthj4IQTunBxk2wrhWhh-maTn2mVPtcEknMj3bTmD6iGV5hWw4FJOIcnJw16dw/s320/Cassiopeia_August7th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkihjXcOPE5ecN9n4Lgjr239DeZhtatiVEiyeDrYAHgpgGy5-4S_lyU5baqrtlUcHnpNIi8YKPQAITcS5GCKtDDHuTU9hkDZ2VKRmOM2e8T7NyfoCyE5BalCFVWWI_byOB8VPut-RR6oa73FB6Zfh_jZx2PUdXHiL0mlsxJ8d0C85gHxfFUi22wQ/s6016/Cassiopeia_August7th_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkihjXcOPE5ecN9n4Lgjr239DeZhtatiVEiyeDrYAHgpgGy5-4S_lyU5baqrtlUcHnpNIi8YKPQAITcS5GCKtDDHuTU9hkDZ2VKRmOM2e8T7NyfoCyE5BalCFVWWI_byOB8VPut-RR6oa73FB6Zfh_jZx2PUdXHiL0mlsxJ8d0C85gHxfFUi22wQ/s320/Cassiopeia_August7th_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIV2cjIZDlfYH_Dh-eL7EvksUFK--x9DJQD4-XyVjEufcW5gwSbDNAU9uqsk-gQRspTGRKhVKGmf18zvwvnKqnmeU5kIzZuqlnjzIhcDNyIum_sCu2Om9DjH9vR7hZ0-zP3B0OnM_8-VC5Vc1vT3g3KzSaB-oy18VzCSTWuIog6isCpnRNzq5nA/s4262/Cassiopeia_August7th_03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2772" data-original-width="4262" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaIV2cjIZDlfYH_Dh-eL7EvksUFK--x9DJQD4-XyVjEufcW5gwSbDNAU9uqsk-gQRspTGRKhVKGmf18zvwvnKqnmeU5kIzZuqlnjzIhcDNyIum_sCu2Om9DjH9vR7hZ0-zP3B0OnM_8-VC5Vc1vT3g3KzSaB-oy18VzCSTWuIog6isCpnRNzq5nA/s320/Cassiopeia_August7th_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3157" data-original-width="3432" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-xNr6J2hv08y9AEYUgTMlX4tgFvVfVkhO3hbW-BxXi7At_VHuFUnPl-mMTlJnZchUhUAie6qxiSAMH5ZamMsUlpcgR5NJJig9vn-q7wMtLLtp_BegWPZIeCyhlJyiqt1lKI0G0jtThYoLja3yMrk1803vHXfLvFQHK8I0FzWbnJhhYMoNOnEweg/s320/Cassiopeia_August7th_07.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 6<sup>th</sup> 2150 GMT Meteor
Hunt</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I set up my camera with my usual meteor
hunt settings. I aimed at Cassiopeia, as the sky was much clearer than the
evening before. Naturally, I was hoping for some Perseid meteors, although it is not unusual to catch sporadic meteors in the same part of sky, when trying to catch shower meteors.</p><p class="MsoNormal">At 2232 GMT. I captured a short trail meteor very near the radiant. It is in the top left (north east) of the photo.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-aaxoYg2_2bmdiqoL6k-K1ty3LwaHRnuExSRKDUuK_sPgEqUYcgAdJ0xhrJRaDYNdXe4e48NzhgjLzm70KErXBbLC6JF71Ux8JVYp3mT7fNL4uDKwfMkhSuytQc0kCNkaE2CKAcQ_mwnq13MsDb7d3rPbXCaRcb2z3Dye1Kd40b7bux5kTdsPA/s1958/PerseidMeteor_August6th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="1958" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU-aaxoYg2_2bmdiqoL6k-K1ty3LwaHRnuExSRKDUuK_sPgEqUYcgAdJ0xhrJRaDYNdXe4e48NzhgjLzm70KErXBbLC6JF71Ux8JVYp3mT7fNL4uDKwfMkhSuytQc0kCNkaE2CKAcQ_mwnq13MsDb7d3rPbXCaRcb2z3Dye1Kd40b7bux5kTdsPA/s320/PerseidMeteor_August6th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>I caught a brighter meteor at 2249 GMT in this full frame photo. It was also in the top left. I think it was a sporadic (non-shower) meteor and not a Perseid.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3iyVaQBwjLxsXh792oyhfQSE-AMb37-HpTvfbLZsWuyxjlodsqTJIAqRrrbia-CjFYbq4EnDUjyK56aNzVG3BXZJcwHH_eXyVqDjGv-5JZtgHHMYRFY492clZ7gpP4JRPAyIOoI0l0Sl11d8EbM7kw59O3lCCQxMD8uLj4LLFdvRXXjIQgmrhw/s6016/Cassiopeia_Perseus_August7th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju3iyVaQBwjLxsXh792oyhfQSE-AMb37-HpTvfbLZsWuyxjlodsqTJIAqRrrbia-CjFYbq4EnDUjyK56aNzVG3BXZJcwHH_eXyVqDjGv-5JZtgHHMYRFY492clZ7gpP4JRPAyIOoI0l0Sl11d8EbM7kw59O3lCCQxMD8uLj4LLFdvRXXjIQgmrhw/s320/Cassiopeia_Perseus_August7th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzj6jaN2G-nbjpz1OStMuCa-EtFr248JAZS2pdNTHnzgG22xxCcKtqGSubTagivMxYX6OvjTPY8jTiMYMaeFsyJ-PJa8t1BgD5dzc2G8FwIGKpjP_ccD2-DuiUuEAHGANkTCReJWyhVHRSO019-EMyWYO5p-Z9LJskOfX9MXNkjgemVS2M1nBi8A/s3537/Cassiopeia_August7th_04.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3217" data-original-width="3537" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzj6jaN2G-nbjpz1OStMuCa-EtFr248JAZS2pdNTHnzgG22xxCcKtqGSubTagivMxYX6OvjTPY8jTiMYMaeFsyJ-PJa8t1BgD5dzc2G8FwIGKpjP_ccD2-DuiUuEAHGANkTCReJWyhVHRSO019-EMyWYO5p-Z9LJskOfX9MXNkjgemVS2M1nBi8A/s320/Cassiopeia_August7th_04.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96maF8fcwtQ_DWbRZsQ7jYZEr5kwt-PM74y5UXqQUDXWrFOR_L4Idn_O9cY_D0TYRdeuxDPpH9mFFUfv4yaBNMo0BAy4ar-tErI6oNfkbKbE6NWOLLzwgdIK-YYAqOnaZIuoxXh7eZYRwBAJW2-2X2UbTiHV2-E0xebXpoUYH3a9W57i02Tsuvg/s6016/Meteor_August6th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi96maF8fcwtQ_DWbRZsQ7jYZEr5kwt-PM74y5UXqQUDXWrFOR_L4Idn_O9cY_D0TYRdeuxDPpH9mFFUfv4yaBNMo0BAy4ar-tErI6oNfkbKbE6NWOLLzwgdIK-YYAqOnaZIuoxXh7eZYRwBAJW2-2X2UbTiHV2-E0xebXpoUYH3a9W57i02Tsuvg/s320/Meteor_August6th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I took a close-up for good measure.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtsfBQr7NXEmNSUESDTyywdMpvf3ScobmJpOaehgvhRNRTVt8SPUyLONT2i6mmY9UivHBVHBue_2JPr8RDhoy6nvMNk6Qf_iXlU-XnB1zS1FlxJdKpCNMfDmzmBpxtvkXReTdbWWe7yr-vw3etog6ldHZyPVGsjxNTzGzRsLLdryKca6JeShfZQ/s347/Meteor_August6th_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="308" data-original-width="347" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdtsfBQr7NXEmNSUESDTyywdMpvf3ScobmJpOaehgvhRNRTVt8SPUyLONT2i6mmY9UivHBVHBue_2JPr8RDhoy6nvMNk6Qf_iXlU-XnB1zS1FlxJdKpCNMfDmzmBpxtvkXReTdbWWe7yr-vw3etog6ldHZyPVGsjxNTzGzRsLLdryKca6JeShfZQ/s320/Meteor_August6th_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">At 2252 GMT, a true Perseid appeared.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMD1ZcwnDFnXkIQJ8a0IgyTS-Ucsxm1-yf3ugcC5e2NxC8jd_9eX8QX1PEwnxjN7DZX3tFTSVRo1E0kW2LPb13nbAqAQdIRo7FvmX9wmvL_W3iyZ6cgkck9qyHf31LMpcf6Zl5bqC1_8uQ-XD-VkBpxS6fRNtvU-zYU1TGC10Pf5Jd15dwiw6gA/s6016/PerseidMeteor_August6th_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMD1ZcwnDFnXkIQJ8a0IgyTS-Ucsxm1-yf3ugcC5e2NxC8jd_9eX8QX1PEwnxjN7DZX3tFTSVRo1E0kW2LPb13nbAqAQdIRo7FvmX9wmvL_W3iyZ6cgkck9qyHf31LMpcf6Zl5bqC1_8uQ-XD-VkBpxS6fRNtvU-zYU1TGC10Pf5Jd15dwiw6gA/s320/PerseidMeteor_August6th_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Naturally, I processed some constellation shots, as a by-product.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: left;">The Moon was too low to photograph from our back garden, so I went to the pavement at the front of the house. I took some full frame images with my Maksutov and DSLR at 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/250 second exposure. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheo6bAY81XJv8o1qPfNlLDbMqrHPEcBJhMDc5uMQMK2yb0sd5VBvp3Fttxi9_Vd_EymooPWT7SI9WK9GLD1RMmAgEXizAQD1da2SbVQvlVpygHLTHV4Rh8X6Mw9HZfln139P9Nt0_SdV08tP2a9W5cydnjk7JNFdgD4DfajebB6LKHMDbJPKkrIA/s3437/Moon_August6th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3437" data-original-width="3250" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheo6bAY81XJv8o1qPfNlLDbMqrHPEcBJhMDc5uMQMK2yb0sd5VBvp3Fttxi9_Vd_EymooPWT7SI9WK9GLD1RMmAgEXizAQD1da2SbVQvlVpygHLTHV4Rh8X6Mw9HZfln139P9Nt0_SdV08tP2a9W5cydnjk7JNFdgD4DfajebB6LKHMDbJPKkrIA/s320/Moon_August6th.JPG" width="303" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I then increased the focal length to 4.62 metres and increased the exposure to 1/15 second. I took multiple moon shots and selected the best ones representing a lunar region.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPTKJ1ycbbyYh1KCtPo2XAY3W5lEcogCpWC5MFRCO1R-oaBWitjP4bpvRIhlDhSFEB6R-l5F4wjKECtsQrxJQUcFfpQ9Rj_EmRVQuAhZWn-jBkJo2xwtvKnoD7nEyHOEcdW8rwX9D8ncTaTMsqhrWBFpBUzXvRNZsI1y6h4gjk_oykzjURLYLWA/s4658/Moon_August6th_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3400" data-original-width="4658" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPPTKJ1ycbbyYh1KCtPo2XAY3W5lEcogCpWC5MFRCO1R-oaBWitjP4bpvRIhlDhSFEB6R-l5F4wjKECtsQrxJQUcFfpQ9Rj_EmRVQuAhZWn-jBkJo2xwtvKnoD7nEyHOEcdW8rwX9D8ncTaTMsqhrWBFpBUzXvRNZsI1y6h4gjk_oykzjURLYLWA/s320/Moon_August6th_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYdLHAzL0SkVGuni3bG1iMp6garQvi5BoZ8fl1iJm-h3nRoH-sbGh8GtqCpX9hipitV2aXBHaZbqxupBTL7yLAaNF5tfqTvNw6q6SxO-dP17otaFTy3iDER7_D67K4A6TXqra8FAcQpVwy4uC56NmCzFZaPFBxDBXQO7T2brQuPmqi1-q4BxF_BQ/s6016/Moon_August6th_03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 6<sup>th</sup> 1025 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I took my Mak out to do some full disc
solar shots. I used 1.54m focal length, ISO 100 and 1/500 second exposure. As I had a disappointing evening, this was a great comeback. I caught sunspots that were not on the Learmonth nor Big Bear images. I also caught faculae, a good pot in white light.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZTtdhx4gT5hzk7qfTbnt0-p-fO-4z_yrqyY0RvAOwLw58MnWUUc7PcvrD_Is6EqA1hcQaQoTmJWEbni8iLCUKIBdl04Kyg__Ydg8rDFho4E9BJngN2fA4Oe_XIE5eaNz9D-SSuDtVA8ca3GsdDJ_cgoPLLCoysufN6MTDzX3C5bPsZgO0W1e6w/s3779/Sun_August6th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3767" data-original-width="3779" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNZTtdhx4gT5hzk7qfTbnt0-p-fO-4z_yrqyY0RvAOwLw58MnWUUc7PcvrD_Is6EqA1hcQaQoTmJWEbni8iLCUKIBdl04Kyg__Ydg8rDFho4E9BJngN2fA4Oe_XIE5eaNz9D-SSuDtVA8ca3GsdDJ_cgoPLLCoysufN6MTDzX3C5bPsZgO0W1e6w/s320/Sun_August6th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 6<sup>th</sup> 2340 GMT Jupiter</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>Although it had cleared somewhat, my
attempted shots of Jupiter’s moons showed lots of haze and glare.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I then tried the planet at 300mm focal
length, ISO 100 and 1/100 second exposure.</p><p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately, everything was out of focus.</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<h3 style="text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p>August 5th 2210 GMT Meteor Hunt</h3><div><br /></div><div>It was about a week before the peak of the Perseid meteor shower. Unfortunately, it was very hazy and only bright stars near the zenith were visible. I aimed my camera near Cygnus and hoped. Perseus was not visible, nor any nearby stars.</div><div><br /></div><div>I did not catch any meteors but stacked 30 of 40 photos to get a constellation shot showing Cygnus with the minor constellations of Sagitta and Delphinus.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIafQvmXf8rwGmsoFLgIJCTuLNE0Vq3SpI-hXTepC1PGzXgswjz3LfnUHmaYMhynx3E7sjpeo4W9nHPs0zgTeNHYytw-IGnqQS4SpNXvSjUIpNFFmAbIgUhL1CXxKsEJ2v6j01BclrkCWRXgiS-9Q8MiSMe6ca9sanMBcN8j9o7Grzf7ZANgNyQ/s3289/CygnusSagittaDelphinus_August5th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3146" data-original-width="3289" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTIafQvmXf8rwGmsoFLgIJCTuLNE0Vq3SpI-hXTepC1PGzXgswjz3LfnUHmaYMhynx3E7sjpeo4W9nHPs0zgTeNHYytw-IGnqQS4SpNXvSjUIpNFFmAbIgUhL1CXxKsEJ2v6j01BclrkCWRXgiS-9Q8MiSMe6ca9sanMBcN8j9o7Grzf7ZANgNyQ/s320/CygnusSagittaDelphinus_August5th.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 5th 0535 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal">The sky was
clear but the Sun was low in the east. I bin scanned the Sun and found the
largest sunspot that I had seen on the Learmonth images.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSt-OjGOp4ees7fckR83uMbL1KcJ_ln1QFK6IuelVHZg8lfYKbQQXcXqUdY7fDtc5sHNwzKHpeiJ9dBofoszGGD3ITCoEvuIH-jOJ-FsxLygAsq0W-w8XLDQjjNH3N4G9q3AWfszOZqbOUmLAX4vwujKHv0K31cvka5w_BSAahZx2k6XcWKy_RA/s893/SunspotDrawing_August5th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="893" data-original-width="831" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXSt-OjGOp4ees7fckR83uMbL1KcJ_ln1QFK6IuelVHZg8lfYKbQQXcXqUdY7fDtc5sHNwzKHpeiJ9dBofoszGGD3ITCoEvuIH-jOJ-FsxLygAsq0W-w8XLDQjjNH3N4G9q3AWfszOZqbOUmLAX4vwujKHv0K31cvka5w_BSAahZx2k6XcWKy_RA/s320/SunspotDrawing_August5th.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">August 4<sup>th</sup> 2010 GMT Moon<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">I snapped the Moon at 300mm focal length,
ISO 100 and 1/125 second exposure at a thick waxing crescent.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ktJNH2RKZxNpGpBSlqbkbf92VXhvYqQHC9toRMf_X3MnMaZX_oCQJGdtKisoI4j4q_drA4ArTraO2EZTgsrlCezYKCZJfkC3fJU8LNnNMX0tlX0b7Y9jwqOBHMYScRQM9DCNjsTGuISbIcbR8c6ljmlD4ZaVkSQlV4FkeHOw6UsLEsv9pFCvBw/s775/Moon_August4th.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="775" data-original-width="495" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_ktJNH2RKZxNpGpBSlqbkbf92VXhvYqQHC9toRMf_X3MnMaZX_oCQJGdtKisoI4j4q_drA4ArTraO2EZTgsrlCezYKCZJfkC3fJU8LNnNMX0tlX0b7Y9jwqOBHMYScRQM9DCNjsTGuISbIcbR8c6ljmlD4ZaVkSQlV4FkeHOw6UsLEsv9pFCvBw/s320/Moon_August4th.JPG" width="204" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">August 4<sup>th</sup>
0650 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p>August finally
kicked off but not in a spectacular fashion. Some sunspots were visible in the
Big Bear and Learmonth images but they did not show in my binoculars and
filter. Conditions were hazy and the Sun was low but I would have expected to
see at least the largest sunspot. </p>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7848983065617703845.post-57235765214698246382022-07-02T15:33:00.058-07:002022-07-30T14:00:02.281-07:00July 2022<p></p><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"></h3><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 29<sup>th</sup> 2210 GMT Saturn</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There was a lot of cloud around but
Saturn was showing somewhat east of south. I took my 127mm Maksutov out and has
a clear view with my 32mm Plossl eyepiece delivering a magnification of 64x. I
could clearly see the rings and the space between the planet and rings but no
other detail. I tried some afocal shots with my DSLR on automatic settings at
various focal lengths.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I then tried prime focus at 1.54 metres
focal length, ISO 100 and various exposures from 1/20 second to 1/5 second. 1/20 second was best.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusjNTSxMg--Q4omQLa7g0yrkhYqWkE8dmS1P2WkSUV5OPdJ1TRJK1tbirhM3VkXa-ileEZSGd6yUlge8069i8hTs-A_TORk2oG4zREUUlOyD1wfJq1iO9OSLXnnb_SG3uT5Tq9_xGpPv2rdGUS_1cTbD5l9P8jb_WF3iGKUJLAI6qniC29aSFTQ/s396/SaturnJuly29_2022.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="396" data-original-width="369" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgusjNTSxMg--Q4omQLa7g0yrkhYqWkE8dmS1P2WkSUV5OPdJ1TRJK1tbirhM3VkXa-ileEZSGd6yUlge8069i8hTs-A_TORk2oG4zREUUlOyD1wfJq1iO9OSLXnnb_SG3uT5Tq9_xGpPv2rdGUS_1cTbD5l9P8jb_WF3iGKUJLAI6qniC29aSFTQ/s320/SaturnJuly29_2022.JPG" width="298" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 24th 1420 GMT Sun</h3><div>One of the awful things that can happen in an English summer is when it is cloudy at night and one must wait until at least the next weekend for some dark sky. This is where having solar equipment is a great help. Even then, I only caught a glimpse between the cloud and caught two small sunspots with my binoculars and filters.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs58GILqrbVQN5w7g5PW4SRXZ1kqJ6g3pA6B03SSdxocCqJCTHID2YwKMsSmRdBgxXlOYNeMO5UOYvfMP5-xQcCfbxzBsn7fsWL7pHW-NZW1BmHpsI5MEXntmaDGfUjjMCbehST_-kJeOlHthLVseXY-lhp-M6Hp7qo4ulw1VRBml-SqjUrJgIUg/s898/Sunspot_Drawing_July24_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="880" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs58GILqrbVQN5w7g5PW4SRXZ1kqJ6g3pA6B03SSdxocCqJCTHID2YwKMsSmRdBgxXlOYNeMO5UOYvfMP5-xQcCfbxzBsn7fsWL7pHW-NZW1BmHpsI5MEXntmaDGfUjjMCbehST_-kJeOlHthLVseXY-lhp-M6Hp7qo4ulw1VRBml-SqjUrJgIUg/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_July24_2022.JPG" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal">July 21<sup>st</sup> 0605 GMT Moon and
Sun<o:p></o:p></p></h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-fareast;">The
Moon was a thick waning crescent, almost due south. I snapped it at 300mm focal
length, ISO 400 and 1/250 second exposure</span><br />
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPyR7HfgmvOI2PkYbLypscDenPNOwzRFFiqQaRg0AHP6tpm0LJuRktJqvqluEkQyd8xCWyOxofIabcVfF8mqocLMlPKpwE0EfS1rlYMENHxQ1qDnkYmNx7aZuAbFGU5nC7RBnRPXQ002s3RuzW6NeYuBhExMOWLEdmI1LWMK9Cqw2noFLzoNt90g/s720/MoonJuly21_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPyR7HfgmvOI2PkYbLypscDenPNOwzRFFiqQaRg0AHP6tpm0LJuRktJqvqluEkQyd8xCWyOxofIabcVfF8mqocLMlPKpwE0EfS1rlYMENHxQ1qDnkYmNx7aZuAbFGU5nC7RBnRPXQ002s3RuzW6NeYuBhExMOWLEdmI1LWMK9Cqw2noFLzoNt90g/s320/MoonJuly21_2022.JPG" width="222" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">I
changed my settings to 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/1600 second exposure,
added a filter and snapped the Sun</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwXaqJooUVBKQ7Is1FdMaKC8UfGdo20Qx6QPer4FZnRs61Vun5rS63TaIyJm2HLj90bBQBpDxL9RFadUYDOYjcP69DOu4UWHUMC4aYo6Zi7NqTwFmpMzvrUZSEVpilWDM7qTYrBC3i2GolLNVbao2Xs_EvSYy2Eare3qEy9aRipFSRb2uMU-XkA/s759/SunJuly21_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="759" data-original-width="748" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzwXaqJooUVBKQ7Is1FdMaKC8UfGdo20Qx6QPer4FZnRs61Vun5rS63TaIyJm2HLj90bBQBpDxL9RFadUYDOYjcP69DOu4UWHUMC4aYo6Zi7NqTwFmpMzvrUZSEVpilWDM7qTYrBC3i2GolLNVbao2Xs_EvSYy2Eare3qEy9aRipFSRb2uMU-XkA/s320/SunJuly21_2022.JPG" width="315" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 18<sup>th</sup> 0510 GMT Moon and
Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I snapped the Moon at 300mm focal length,
ISO 400 and 1/400 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh02vLsM0eO_WbF41RJDDCVC0A2jyTwhl_Fnp1_WawTxHVTsEMQn16PiYDcYaMqmsU4VsZ-6moJ5WlRFIFVcrg-F1UeZ_QzcTKsmqMHqhslZONyCZqTp0uZbpVfQCbCTOE1JNYR0BBiniV_pffuApz6GSsIZA3IFO91gCupoG5LPVc7EkwL4EAI4g/s730/MoonJuly18_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="730" data-original-width="655" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh02vLsM0eO_WbF41RJDDCVC0A2jyTwhl_Fnp1_WawTxHVTsEMQn16PiYDcYaMqmsU4VsZ-6moJ5WlRFIFVcrg-F1UeZ_QzcTKsmqMHqhslZONyCZqTp0uZbpVfQCbCTOE1JNYR0BBiniV_pffuApz6GSsIZA3IFO91gCupoG5LPVc7EkwL4EAI4g/s320/MoonJuly18_2022.JPG" width="287" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I added a solar filter to my camera and
changed my settings to 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/1000 second exposure.
I used a longer exposure for the Sun, as it was very low.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKjgggJW2cONECgxBPGcey40PBMUDcRirxVXY5DTvPqWsCWQIvAf1qY4zokJtSd3yol_VqSuKWExGNlTlRlKOBa2ABIF5MUupKCbGkFKqLhne8owNi3MiDNQYY3b2pjdJr7Yy5mHNPbT_S2aKtNkjZTL3FwkZlxBHx1ebPGYXk5eeqMOCqmSdWg/s764/SunJuly18_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="753" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipKjgggJW2cONECgxBPGcey40PBMUDcRirxVXY5DTvPqWsCWQIvAf1qY4zokJtSd3yol_VqSuKWExGNlTlRlKOBa2ABIF5MUupKCbGkFKqLhne8owNi3MiDNQYY3b2pjdJr7Yy5mHNPbT_S2aKtNkjZTL3FwkZlxBHx1ebPGYXk5eeqMOCqmSdWg/s320/SunJuly18_2022.JPG" width="315" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 16th 1130 GMT Sun</h3><div>I bin scanned the Sun in hazy conditions and caught a single sunspot.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5opfduAlgYwIPv-qWJabfwvu8sZ3X3tWn7ReH3NDyBf8j2gIubhQa3CaxcJN0dPpi_7eCchBCxYgcrSaLoOXe2in35dqyVkCkTvr99GjrwbCADjA7KcWHVkNNCClrSxvXxA9bDg3UmSCxugcnCd4zGOmpaCK02DNDu20ekzGLoBRaTtabLxanQ/s894/Sunspot_Drawing_July16_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="765" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5opfduAlgYwIPv-qWJabfwvu8sZ3X3tWn7ReH3NDyBf8j2gIubhQa3CaxcJN0dPpi_7eCchBCxYgcrSaLoOXe2in35dqyVkCkTvr99GjrwbCADjA7KcWHVkNNCClrSxvXxA9bDg3UmSCxugcnCd4zGOmpaCK02DNDu20ekzGLoBRaTtabLxanQ/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_July16_2022.JPG" width="274" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 16<sup>th</sup> 0110 GMT Moon, Jupiter and Saturn</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Moon was low and conditions were
hazy. As the Moon and Saturn were close together, I snapped them together and
individually at 300mm focal length ISO 100 and 1/800 second exposure for the
Moon and 1/50 second for Saturn.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YfRmsy4dVzgtwcVU8vH2-I_Q2hKVz4C-nNYB2sEM11yBwvPoWv3rqpbqHtFfbc2mJxEFEdZO-72_6rJQwONSBP-usujUR36jUcG9kXwVDG1_WqmHFUWmm7ru4L9-NKpz0jjLVyQQbCkwoEdoIWsf9oyD68Da-JLner_dLS-PWvQTYBpDw0CgEQ/s2799/Moon_With_Saturn_July16_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2525" data-original-width="2799" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0YfRmsy4dVzgtwcVU8vH2-I_Q2hKVz4C-nNYB2sEM11yBwvPoWv3rqpbqHtFfbc2mJxEFEdZO-72_6rJQwONSBP-usujUR36jUcG9kXwVDG1_WqmHFUWmm7ru4L9-NKpz0jjLVyQQbCkwoEdoIWsf9oyD68Da-JLner_dLS-PWvQTYBpDw0CgEQ/s320/Moon_With_Saturn_July16_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ap9W0w6PgupMLczJKCgYHcoxFymyyfzGCQT4bavZmXxHSBQl5Ckh7ghMdUqIv94itpF1IzQDIRT0VWNr8grMtq8iO5BFf0NEVxC0__mNuLjR_dg96jY9UW4YsIBSamFiIxsMpemtDY-MCy-msK78bjQQZTSVgvPdrV2mRZzamiYHC9xo2KNA9g/s803/Moon_July16_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="764" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ap9W0w6PgupMLczJKCgYHcoxFymyyfzGCQT4bavZmXxHSBQl5Ckh7ghMdUqIv94itpF1IzQDIRT0VWNr8grMtq8iO5BFf0NEVxC0__mNuLjR_dg96jY9UW4YsIBSamFiIxsMpemtDY-MCy-msK78bjQQZTSVgvPdrV2mRZzamiYHC9xo2KNA9g/s320/Moon_July16_2022.JPG" width="304" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did not get any details on Saturn, so I combined the two above photos.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8TqGbyjkT2sICLIM5BPy9nQ--Fg3pQSjg3pxRcTpEdUbhgtdJ70Bvk71gflYVQ7Jk_LTAxFciLs_sD44bvOZIkLIXY4YQvcL2BmMtwZpCB_fAOVY19T0OZwLUq4noK_V1jfJfD38mpacN7mHLBdczH3HoIuA4tTND88_FLky2mwRUS5CorcM5w/s2799/Moon_With_Saturn_July16_2022_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2525" data-original-width="2799" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8TqGbyjkT2sICLIM5BPy9nQ--Fg3pQSjg3pxRcTpEdUbhgtdJ70Bvk71gflYVQ7Jk_LTAxFciLs_sD44bvOZIkLIXY4YQvcL2BmMtwZpCB_fAOVY19T0OZwLUq4noK_V1jfJfD38mpacN7mHLBdczH3HoIuA4tTND88_FLky2mwRUS5CorcM5w/s320/Moon_With_Saturn_July16_2022_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I snapped Jupiter at 300mm focal length
ISO 100 and 1/200 second exposure but did not get any details. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I went for Jupiter’s moons at 300mm focal
length ISO 6400 and 2 seconds exposure.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAPUIw1eQhIxv2RL9o8rJDd0NsYo41PSTe3CjOj6hwy27rJY3rpjEaH4eNQxEZs7JXgapeZjIx38uPzb6lNUYoHYviWvWVZLdN0mbi1lD7DrCa3KXKiqMP7aPDsTe7st0Z-X6cPuawE5CQI0Qm5h1iRADr9joKfXjG-JWqes7uO3FGtWZp8lkag/s1072/JupiterWithMoonsJuly16_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="847" data-original-width="1072" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBAPUIw1eQhIxv2RL9o8rJDd0NsYo41PSTe3CjOj6hwy27rJY3rpjEaH4eNQxEZs7JXgapeZjIx38uPzb6lNUYoHYviWvWVZLdN0mbi1lD7DrCa3KXKiqMP7aPDsTe7st0Z-X6cPuawE5CQI0Qm5h1iRADr9joKfXjG-JWqes7uO3FGtWZp8lkag/s320/JupiterWithMoonsJuly16_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 15<sup>th</sup>
0510 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Sun was
low and partly obscured.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqRtKGfC96ICa8drrBrd9K4UxlqzBZQExChP_krkbd46fD9SF_bGNyNTx4U3jcS4ea-GfVNNqIh2Jl3rhqyQLykXR2-1dCEJHZsWJxSbQtQ67qSqHxQCBrR1K5p5FByo-sjo2hcTaBDeOyAc6IaGM_0bBl-jugo-AcmpM_CZFUa0nnylUISfZbA/s888/Sunspot_Drawing_July15_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="888" data-original-width="872" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkqRtKGfC96ICa8drrBrd9K4UxlqzBZQExChP_krkbd46fD9SF_bGNyNTx4U3jcS4ea-GfVNNqIh2Jl3rhqyQLykXR2-1dCEJHZsWJxSbQtQ67qSqHxQCBrR1K5p5FByo-sjo2hcTaBDeOyAc6IaGM_0bBl-jugo-AcmpM_CZFUa0nnylUISfZbA/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_July15_2022.JPG" width="314" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 14<sup>th</sup> 0610 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I bin scanned the sun in clear conditions and caught a
sunspot or three.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWJFrpOcs2geyt0EztjmLL6ULukN578rYeYs-HPxsrK_KgMOR8grquuRRr3Y_RJ_wgYEar3V-w75s8Nw2ZLMnutmZTW_b-Gb0UoErhe2loBdWPZu3RMhwOjiYOP0HJmKlhGOlt76dhlpqPlD2-xeotofR9cPTm_c--HGK2kbP-pSijAUrCooHSw/s894/Sunspot_Drawing_July14_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="875" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQWJFrpOcs2geyt0EztjmLL6ULukN578rYeYs-HPxsrK_KgMOR8grquuRRr3Y_RJ_wgYEar3V-w75s8Nw2ZLMnutmZTW_b-Gb0UoErhe2loBdWPZu3RMhwOjiYOP0HJmKlhGOlt76dhlpqPlD2-xeotofR9cPTm_c--HGK2kbP-pSijAUrCooHSw/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_July14_2022.JPG" width="313" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 11th 0510 GMT Sun</h3><div>I bin scanned the Sun and saw four of the five sunspots on the Learmonth images.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUeNZJzDX3Wonm_fY_uBgo4Zrfwca0sl--Sk9t4yQqgVmK9dk8FjqYZaOXRUC5XfRrnXLndkZEYFOxMXzltmqYARnguamdHxG1-El6sUNip5prnDxEgvkHbjLDNTlU_zUnLImJNRC-8N41JEPEBzI6FDIcqBeIYViB6jn53QnlqbVUIR5RvFAUHA/s890/Sunspot_Drawing_July11_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="775" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUeNZJzDX3Wonm_fY_uBgo4Zrfwca0sl--Sk9t4yQqgVmK9dk8FjqYZaOXRUC5XfRrnXLndkZEYFOxMXzltmqYARnguamdHxG1-El6sUNip5prnDxEgvkHbjLDNTlU_zUnLImJNRC-8N41JEPEBzI6FDIcqBeIYViB6jn53QnlqbVUIR5RvFAUHA/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_July11_2022.JPG" width="279" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 10<sup>th</sup> 1420 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The sky was spotted with patchy cloud,
with clear areas in between. A binocular scan, with filters, showed four of the
five sunspots on the Learmonth images.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDem4EvnRjXtNzJ1hVMrTAIZW3CvCB6PsnmU1tBUI4FS0saPU3n3sVgS5GDmoFvPzZjHWUAvhgIiWcIoBz5Uw9OxHzr2CHMJWjcOAor41w2Hgx0Zbv0VBBYH5WkBG0lx8JXNsCpbTJ1Q3h-Dfw1tR62ZUzYJgtbu-Dwp76sIwq396NHnj-TRt2w/s894/Sunspot_Drawing_July10_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="894" data-original-width="752" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMDem4EvnRjXtNzJ1hVMrTAIZW3CvCB6PsnmU1tBUI4FS0saPU3n3sVgS5GDmoFvPzZjHWUAvhgIiWcIoBz5Uw9OxHzr2CHMJWjcOAor41w2Hgx0Zbv0VBBYH5WkBG0lx8JXNsCpbTJ1Q3h-Dfw1tR62ZUzYJgtbu-Dwp76sIwq396NHnj-TRt2w/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_July10_2022.JPG" width="269" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 10<sup>th</sup> 0030 GMT Planets and
Deep Sky</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I attempted to capture Jupiter’s moons
with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 6400 and 2 seconds exposure.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjpZkle9QcnhaZQjxPNGR-s2C8W3AMWzgVlqx2Eznl6kb2wHRV8SWE1xnHIuCEw8bFYNH3dDx3HZ0l5pG52SxTHExMJP0r_aqlQyLSQeHQbt8wI2DtUo8hAlYzKWsfH3x4evqzyDElKPIYNe81--AI6sbUPqFGC5m3hrSvucPnXbFmLqk0rloew/s6016/JupiterWithMoonsJuly09_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMjpZkle9QcnhaZQjxPNGR-s2C8W3AMWzgVlqx2Eznl6kb2wHRV8SWE1xnHIuCEw8bFYNH3dDx3HZ0l5pG52SxTHExMJP0r_aqlQyLSQeHQbt8wI2DtUo8hAlYzKWsfH3x4evqzyDElKPIYNe81--AI6sbUPqFGC5m3hrSvucPnXbFmLqk0rloew/s320/JupiterWithMoonsJuly09_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I tried the planet at 300mm focal length,
ISO 100 and 1/100 second exposure.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXM8ELmtPjWa7DKOJLDihtElvQJt-POJytUIr3Vs2wPnkSjIM93ONRsU3zaoa_8MmoPdxdfSqDeCw6aTSauFvinUWJ5UVeXiqdPcFkaAdNSWBHHp6h3piYfxup-akXhn2tBwyVYTYWN05qOdCTa6XgvWZVm9RkHJP0fKrj-SFc56t1uyoib20JQ/s264/JupiterJuly10_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="264" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEXM8ELmtPjWa7DKOJLDihtElvQJt-POJytUIr3Vs2wPnkSjIM93ONRsU3zaoa_8MmoPdxdfSqDeCw6aTSauFvinUWJ5UVeXiqdPcFkaAdNSWBHHp6h3piYfxup-akXhn2tBwyVYTYWN05qOdCTa6XgvWZVm9RkHJP0fKrj-SFc56t1uyoib20JQ/s1600/JupiterJuly10_2022.JPG" width="264" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I then tried Saturn at 300mm focal
length, ISO 100 and 1/15 second exposure.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuY2h5Ps1AX-UKRaqKdfqMsPbVOuxgTCExxEfvcYmRdeOuSw_C988yqE4U0KPtfiDQg2l3dnccQaegsiYqfPf8eziXE6skEOa9L_2oLC86mkGGIYEqJz2RlldMEIPjUyS5VOFeq_DefjcikgmX6OPz6C5TYA4jGF994du_AfbjAERiCuNmahaGg/s119/SaturnJuly10_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="94" data-original-width="119" height="94" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXuY2h5Ps1AX-UKRaqKdfqMsPbVOuxgTCExxEfvcYmRdeOuSw_C988yqE4U0KPtfiDQg2l3dnccQaegsiYqfPf8eziXE6skEOa9L_2oLC86mkGGIYEqJz2RlldMEIPjUyS5VOFeq_DefjcikgmX6OPz6C5TYA4jGF994du_AfbjAERiCuNmahaGg/s1600/SaturnJuly10_2022.JPG" width="119" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I reverted back to 300mm focal length,
ISO 6400 and 2 seconds exposure and started a deep sky shoot. I took about 20
frames for each target.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">First up was my old faithful of Melotte
20.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiv1vIK7nC1v9D4dzw_Qq3rMaBxR5GcZb0XzrtJtHXhGbgm7ly25XDKFiPd0ZfR1Rwo6hAZ1_zv94zpr_E2TjBldPWxpgiHPs6IMP0W8Krdm0B12o7aqbw70VBgb6k9di6RTYxBySNEkUmanl1l53WL3qSWbBm2Rpf4QO-4cMoRm18CaYvOZqUMg/s6016/Melotte20_July10th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiv1vIK7nC1v9D4dzw_Qq3rMaBxR5GcZb0XzrtJtHXhGbgm7ly25XDKFiPd0ZfR1Rwo6hAZ1_zv94zpr_E2TjBldPWxpgiHPs6IMP0W8Krdm0B12o7aqbw70VBgb6k9di6RTYxBySNEkUmanl1l53WL3qSWbBm2Rpf4QO-4cMoRm18CaYvOZqUMg/s320/Melotte20_July10th_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I kept trying for the Perseus Double
Cluster and failed.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Next up was the Andromeda Galaxy (M31).<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4IKg5Fyh6MCS15lVF1DZ7sB3_HQkM6oZviO47gw7DOy5wyrEu7ShM3nkG8fYk2KtRMd9osmmJpocRDi1pAQuLbyF9DWXr7OpXD0azij6HDC90hnT8K0EOiS_M4mslDKVN-AVHtOM7VnsFbECit9oII6EillZnw9GunKdNimEgbJ18fjgCnZM1rw/s6016/M31_July10th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4IKg5Fyh6MCS15lVF1DZ7sB3_HQkM6oZviO47gw7DOy5wyrEu7ShM3nkG8fYk2KtRMd9osmmJpocRDi1pAQuLbyF9DWXr7OpXD0azij6HDC90hnT8K0EOiS_M4mslDKVN-AVHtOM7VnsFbECit9oII6EillZnw9GunKdNimEgbJ18fjgCnZM1rw/s320/M31_July10th_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">Returning to Perseus, I caught the star
cluster M34.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokZQML4gkciGpyzN7Y1J3pstYHAEJuJj8WQb6rPpvSiuBMfQgcoYX20L3BPBeuCg0v6A6DvmUaoXCsa4biyE7Z8dv8qVczreug4R7MHa9K24IMzwXt9kR_BGzubTYwNoJWd2TKmaHv_a5_9sNxS10gnpoT8OC9Vn5DxftByioB9xG9vOrPdcJUw/s6016/M34July10_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokZQML4gkciGpyzN7Y1J3pstYHAEJuJj8WQb6rPpvSiuBMfQgcoYX20L3BPBeuCg0v6A6DvmUaoXCsa4biyE7Z8dv8qVczreug4R7MHa9K24IMzwXt9kR_BGzubTYwNoJWd2TKmaHv_a5_9sNxS10gnpoT8OC9Vn5DxftByioB9xG9vOrPdcJUw/s320/M34July10_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I then caught the Perseus Double Cluster.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcjhi0OQJsUS1QCUObBIZAPDwLHb7aspbNlB4E3uF34_9MZrWK-M1DOEAnabW-b5fIWazKRfv4Rt8OMxC7neUMw-Kzs0oARmByenmzHeepPwziJSqBswiVb_MyfyTDCGgC_wihwYGKcc197jXRWoW2zdexIJOFAm5C5Ag-QXmnGtgm3DrDU2mQw/s6016/PerseusDoubleCluster_July10th_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKcjhi0OQJsUS1QCUObBIZAPDwLHb7aspbNlB4E3uF34_9MZrWK-M1DOEAnabW-b5fIWazKRfv4Rt8OMxC7neUMw-Kzs0oARmByenmzHeepPwziJSqBswiVb_MyfyTDCGgC_wihwYGKcc197jXRWoW2zdexIJOFAm5C5Ag-QXmnGtgm3DrDU2mQw/s320/PerseusDoubleCluster_July10th_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I ended up with the Pinwheel Galaxy
(M33). Or... so I thought but I was aiming at the Andromeda Galaxy instead. It wasn't a total loss, as one of the shots caught a meteor.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgnkQOtmh13j8D458zX_qzJ65yFcoQa-Z1IEefWOec51UIIJ8LemnIzP0q08a4cWpBY5kGBXmm2CqBXeBWlb3ZHFSj66PC6I1RsHaOpefZHO6KGutFlIbJEzJjbJY0XDh8moir_4wt136O8MsuoZOi4SPG_FKmyX1K1Njq3FV-XNpt81C2wFsTA/s6016/MeteorJuly10_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYgnkQOtmh13j8D458zX_qzJ65yFcoQa-Z1IEefWOec51UIIJ8LemnIzP0q08a4cWpBY5kGBXmm2CqBXeBWlb3ZHFSj66PC6I1RsHaOpefZHO6KGutFlIbJEzJjbJY0XDh8moir_4wt136O8MsuoZOi4SPG_FKmyX1K1Njq3FV-XNpt81C2wFsTA/s320/MeteorJuly10_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal">I shot a few dark frames. As I packed my
gear away, dawn was breaking.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 9th 2220 GMT Moon</h3><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I snapped the Moon with my DSLR.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUKtQQocRwfcrQUTmJSgEjVCYEDN6aTcXGquf5HtIxqIZPHVSGdWmvzjaAF1XwnqReZ3AsYaIvUG_kuPHJHzsV1A4BXqzXV56UjQtwQNI9V5a-my15icREY36bhrx7KDi4fJBqgs-4yOR-L5a_fv9cIs0BCErAuCurXS6rb7iaWK-PLoyZdtr7Eg/s825/MoonJuly09_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="825" data-original-width="572" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUKtQQocRwfcrQUTmJSgEjVCYEDN6aTcXGquf5HtIxqIZPHVSGdWmvzjaAF1XwnqReZ3AsYaIvUG_kuPHJHzsV1A4BXqzXV56UjQtwQNI9V5a-my15icREY36bhrx7KDi4fJBqgs-4yOR-L5a_fv9cIs0BCErAuCurXS6rb7iaWK-PLoyZdtr7Eg/s320/MoonJuly09_2022.JPG" width="222" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">July 9<sup>th</sup> 1230 GMT Sun<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">It cleared enough to see the Sun but I
decided to have a go with my Coronado PST. I had not got a decent set of images
from it for a while and had just about given up. I wondered if cleaning the
objective lens would work but hadn’t managed to unscrew it.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I set up with a tripod and 15mm focal
length eyepiece, delivering a magnification of just under 27x. Immediately, I
could see sunspots but etalon tuning (adjusting the wavelength of light coming
through) only revealed a hint of plages surrounding the sunspots.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p style="font-weight: normal;"> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I took some afocal shots with my camera
‘phone (possibly a silly idea!) and with my DSLR. I tried various camera focal
lengths and hoped for the best. This was the best. I caught some hydrogen alpha features but not as many as I'd hoped.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0H2iJQoy6icl5823Vv8aOkaykcjQTjIJEZfuu8b5zuWsTyPCJcazY8j1qDKyuq3QYI1nhJlunvP6oiMTuCFehO42bawDczTeS-aAELhgmP33a1gzAZClBOa2nGGLDzyPlhBukcttpBlp5JLhUN4RnyvLoxSuzQNZC54ZXCK4G60FmhF3tFPzuQQ/s2310/SunAlphaJuly09_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2310" data-original-width="2294" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0H2iJQoy6icl5823Vv8aOkaykcjQTjIJEZfuu8b5zuWsTyPCJcazY8j1qDKyuq3QYI1nhJlunvP6oiMTuCFehO42bawDczTeS-aAELhgmP33a1gzAZClBOa2nGGLDzyPlhBukcttpBlp5JLhUN4RnyvLoxSuzQNZC54ZXCK4G60FmhF3tFPzuQQ/s320/SunAlphaJuly09_2022.JPG" width="318" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /></span><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 9<sup>th</sup> 1100 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Being a Saturday, I was thinking of
taking my Mak and filter out for a solar shoot but it was a case of
cloud-dodging for clear patches. I could see some sunspots though my camera
viewfinder, so I thought that a DSLR only shot, at my usual settings would produce
a result.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOSegXJHFBKklfcQS7u0ybnLy2y9wabCohqiv3gxLD_ULknIRsSrrnKr-bIreYO4cP0HT3y4umhl4rPucXk-t5Zk9aIEcpRt9_Wp5ppwvnooGGtYkemMsBdyZ_XoyiWqO9XTPO-80foyUk9BJSHmg3QIoYvWp_m1TOjGwwXMKTNvV2gWiRRAYyA/s808/SunJuly09_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="808" data-original-width="802" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrOSegXJHFBKklfcQS7u0ybnLy2y9wabCohqiv3gxLD_ULknIRsSrrnKr-bIreYO4cP0HT3y4umhl4rPucXk-t5Zk9aIEcpRt9_Wp5ppwvnooGGtYkemMsBdyZ_XoyiWqO9XTPO-80foyUk9BJSHmg3QIoYvWp_m1TOjGwwXMKTNvV2gWiRRAYyA/s320/SunJuly09_2022.JPG" width="318" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 8<sup>th</sup>
0510 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I photographed
the Sun with my DSLR and filter at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/2000
second exposure.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQXfVSStGw7PmKO9L707uUsyoRAgXebUB80oOeCUHOnqfBEHBvtzBj0Sh4X313Zsk266fBIH81TZOOMPRQMkvfSZzL_lr6jHgXrrqg-75vwF_hLk0X6CfA3a9b2VpEBrr_QqFurth8ADtSJiqhhOBlD4CvXM6uTpkQ-VXJoVDrMCfkQ7lHXkutA/s776/SunJuly08_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="765" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHQXfVSStGw7PmKO9L707uUsyoRAgXebUB80oOeCUHOnqfBEHBvtzBj0Sh4X313Zsk266fBIH81TZOOMPRQMkvfSZzL_lr6jHgXrrqg-75vwF_hLk0X6CfA3a9b2VpEBrr_QqFurth8ADtSJiqhhOBlD4CvXM6uTpkQ-VXJoVDrMCfkQ7lHXkutA/s320/SunJuly08_2022.JPG" width="315" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 7<sup>th</sup>
1540 GMT Moon and Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I snapped the
Moon with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 400 and 1/500 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3sCI-fhO0AWHHCayjYrXpp0U8guloFcXBsjRRvKokau8EItybRlBlC9WCFfpIuLeLdv8eggV-bEPKmajMcYQwn7eTGFt1T6zQbQx8cyUlyGhVWBlYdzzcndOx30spJNMMUtlb6yE1Lcmtz_rA8lU1-ZFsKsdWdd8e5HSW7LnELDIARCtsTmMfYw/s753/MoonJuly07_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="753" data-original-width="666" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3sCI-fhO0AWHHCayjYrXpp0U8guloFcXBsjRRvKokau8EItybRlBlC9WCFfpIuLeLdv8eggV-bEPKmajMcYQwn7eTGFt1T6zQbQx8cyUlyGhVWBlYdzzcndOx30spJNMMUtlb6yE1Lcmtz_rA8lU1-ZFsKsdWdd8e5HSW7LnELDIARCtsTmMfYw/s320/MoonJuly07_2022.JPG" width="283" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I added a
filter to the set-up to snap the Sun at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/2000
second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMoP1Q-JoTgtwlzoxh4CdqtBPyH_naa9CLieWciB_llVdK-GPhw09B-aKX2bt-Wu6HHAiAAiVTO7oKNNB53yIz3wOP9-JOqFDWlVXYResJZmcIxeaS8rA3d7BEZWPBoXz5EEjQO38dVx5dgeBrdaxZHppVXnqoPUYhVUFwZVqtAPGYOUVXEzINw/s561/SunJuly07_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="550" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihMoP1Q-JoTgtwlzoxh4CdqtBPyH_naa9CLieWciB_llVdK-GPhw09B-aKX2bt-Wu6HHAiAAiVTO7oKNNB53yIz3wOP9-JOqFDWlVXYResJZmcIxeaS8rA3d7BEZWPBoXz5EEjQO38dVx5dgeBrdaxZHppVXnqoPUYhVUFwZVqtAPGYOUVXEzINw/s320/SunJuly07_2022.JPG" width="314" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 5<sup>th</sup> 0505 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I snapped the Sun with my DSLR and filter
at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/2000 second exposure.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxBdSYeacZrWcMBdiLQ9WTSbGL8EiD7-LSlyqn4mpcHmA0FYfMbyofkaFfLchl6wRUisk_1JQcLSyecfkBD3tF4x1m2wreQ8CkQad6UjdgcsRwZIxS4ZrNc6xbyw06HPW6qsiMApcqFUzQHXd_UvNSI22SnGQXjp7MiWdoXeZy3Lvik2t2tuKVA/s803/SunJuly05_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="803" data-original-width="776" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxBdSYeacZrWcMBdiLQ9WTSbGL8EiD7-LSlyqn4mpcHmA0FYfMbyofkaFfLchl6wRUisk_1JQcLSyecfkBD3tF4x1m2wreQ8CkQad6UjdgcsRwZIxS4ZrNc6xbyw06HPW6qsiMApcqFUzQHXd_UvNSI22SnGQXjp7MiWdoXeZy3Lvik2t2tuKVA/s320/SunJuly05_2022.JPG" width="309" /></a></div><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 4<sup>th</sup> 0505 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There was some cloud around when I did a
bin scan of the Sun. I only saw one os the sunspots that I had photographed the
day before.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwfhx0PfHxjl4fF7a3kL5QFMhMIbpJlxcPW44MNQx8zb1E5YS88FY7d0YYtC4Rm4XaRMy1N9XCbEv3dh7iB8KmyffsAS6XkaoksDdnVO1jRfpBmfZPqJRgI7XEE_dtiRoJgpYCxnzQLsn0urryrf1xbFmhA0bKrIA94V0ey9Cw4Oi13rrIt_Zyg/s884/Sunspot_Drawing_July04_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="774" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpwfhx0PfHxjl4fF7a3kL5QFMhMIbpJlxcPW44MNQx8zb1E5YS88FY7d0YYtC4Rm4XaRMy1N9XCbEv3dh7iB8KmyffsAS6XkaoksDdnVO1jRfpBmfZPqJRgI7XEE_dtiRoJgpYCxnzQLsn0urryrf1xbFmhA0bKrIA94V0ey9Cw4Oi13rrIt_Zyg/s320/Sunspot_Drawing_July04_2022.JPG" width="280" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 3rd 2030 GMT Moon</h3><div style="text-align: left;">I snapped the Moon with my Mak and DSLR.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5G-GC1ROmdrUeNDyrc4UusgAx6pymTPUEWe6N6J5Ft7AARqdQSKkIuPt6OpNn2HXd2FIwKK9zvMyP8vWAi8zp7S_rF00pdQP1eOq1C0c4-OkZZPFe0PnL95quh_SUhUes1KDLqgeu_ofUTmE8SrrAJxUo1QibXMIiKrwhP_UCwYuP46qlUdM2g/s687/MoonJuly03_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="687" data-original-width="478" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht5G-GC1ROmdrUeNDyrc4UusgAx6pymTPUEWe6N6J5Ft7AARqdQSKkIuPt6OpNn2HXd2FIwKK9zvMyP8vWAi8zp7S_rF00pdQP1eOq1C0c4-OkZZPFe0PnL95quh_SUhUes1KDLqgeu_ofUTmE8SrrAJxUo1QibXMIiKrwhP_UCwYuP46qlUdM2g/s320/MoonJuly03_2022.JPG" width="223" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 3<sup>rd</sup> 0920 GMT Sun</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">So finally, after so long without being
able to use my 127mm Maksutov for white light photography or viewing, I finally
took it out with my new filter and DSLR.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>I took a series of shots at 1.54 metres
focal length, ISO 100 and 1/1000 second exposure.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVV97vXO04fSRKB75YC5uqMIVncgC1z1UBS_R3UsxoX_9bGzAuDKCHAyDCEVKC-jgJJjKggmK-yhGPljCbKxzbRr_RJIdBmQsx00yfxuiPyqvEjf-nkDBW8OJqyz1eHQhYyWmiuCRRGiBs2cTpbxTQBmMb7PtVbCFF4ks4ZR-mvr9j9GQp003LLw/s3773/SunJuly03_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3762" data-original-width="3773" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVV97vXO04fSRKB75YC5uqMIVncgC1z1UBS_R3UsxoX_9bGzAuDKCHAyDCEVKC-jgJJjKggmK-yhGPljCbKxzbRr_RJIdBmQsx00yfxuiPyqvEjf-nkDBW8OJqyz1eHQhYyWmiuCRRGiBs2cTpbxTQBmMb7PtVbCFF4ks4ZR-mvr9j9GQp003LLw/s320/SunJuly03_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As there were two sunspots close
together, I attempted a close-up at 4.62 metres focal length, ISO 100 and 1/100
second exposure.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 3<sup>rd</sup> 2300 GMT Meteor
Hunt/Constellations</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">This time I aimed my
camera, with its usual settings at Aquila. It was a bit murky but there was a
small chance of catching an Anthelion meteor, as well as any sporadic meteors
that might have been in the area.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">At 2315 GMT, I caught a meteor near Aquila.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYkjKwG-jGKYoOrDR7ZIpyJpWxzZjoFQUghRM9yHOIZBAo6X_oXw3AdHM3SbIloHH4LaWV4sGWar6LEKNs9GrhAv6CYpPmyNYZhzGF3b9mmqJjePPYLQ0_yuLGHps8Ga76H96hfkpcJRJSBDpE7syCPxyOYecS8-wIc03QS8c1wHg0JHqMUImzg/s2176/MeteorJuly03_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="2176" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbYkjKwG-jGKYoOrDR7ZIpyJpWxzZjoFQUghRM9yHOIZBAo6X_oXw3AdHM3SbIloHH4LaWV4sGWar6LEKNs9GrhAv6CYpPmyNYZhzGF3b9mmqJjePPYLQ0_yuLGHps8Ga76H96hfkpcJRJSBDpE7syCPxyOYecS8-wIc03QS8c1wHg0JHqMUImzg/s320/MeteorJuly03_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">At 2323 GMT, I caught another one in the same part of the sky.</span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Ef6zVFzoa5gglicuWS732ha9B-5w3cCsc7oj5jwwwy_IPPq-jzxzCHRUZS3syDoZGRjt4i4XvfSvhYkTpJHmowU379RmpS2mi5VpnU9giqaX1YYYu34btGutE-YtwdHa5jifaHLcvUns4hkFY8DNnWWfLC2pmhCz2zYlig2I-g0xzA5fdc1EIw/s2013/MeteorJuly03_2022_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1611" data-original-width="2013" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1Ef6zVFzoa5gglicuWS732ha9B-5w3cCsc7oj5jwwwy_IPPq-jzxzCHRUZS3syDoZGRjt4i4XvfSvhYkTpJHmowU379RmpS2mi5VpnU9giqaX1YYYu34btGutE-YtwdHa5jifaHLcvUns4hkFY8DNnWWfLC2pmhCz2zYlig2I-g0xzA5fdc1EIw/s320/MeteorJuly03_2022_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">As usual, I started stacking constellation shots. With Aquila, there was Scutum, Sagitta, Delphinus and Vulpecula.</span><p></p></div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhfetRr63IHeHbjajU-uCPaU7agPKqKpVckFzv4qx8YxfA2hGGKhmer6Urs8_cHKl-iFLCRjhGoewVNanX6g0S0lNOJP21QUQHDQN9dyh9d7-jzZxpJPLv1YOSV83jsnNMB4JmCio5VfBN5FRRp2XcshZ2rNiDkCWMRmrRV4NiWt4sAcU3TUuW8g/s6016/AquilaAndRetiniueJuly03_2022.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhfetRr63IHeHbjajU-uCPaU7agPKqKpVckFzv4qx8YxfA2hGGKhmer6Urs8_cHKl-iFLCRjhGoewVNanX6g0S0lNOJP21QUQHDQN9dyh9d7-jzZxpJPLv1YOSV83jsnNMB4JmCio5VfBN5FRRp2XcshZ2rNiDkCWMRmrRV4NiWt4sAcU3TUuW8g/s320/AquilaAndRetiniueJuly03_2022.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1yqWioGaFr6OfE6GYyqtACpvPCq4WV56_UqfMa5JWT3mQZxBUmSlZm5PrRUwjPOMUP5F42ihUnHKex4uAY4Mo72DQpehGoEPIoWcQRbbuC4R3xhDnXhaavN0CvXQ4QOdWvI_yvgG-OD5hXVmP2nyo4JPCCgvkTobgbu4ZtJRP6VjkOKESZJO0Cg/s6016/AquilaAndRetiniueJuly03_2022_02.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMVkr-Ns2WjjJuVAVvAnQaxnfsopyAYYxZ5YU1vgF8f9k9K0CN6GD6gZyXle25VHmL7NPYDav9-eBtc-3hcFy9fjsPPSAaBiGYAf6BDjsHc9pajdyzWbuQk9Rxm5boKXzxLR8kwMI6JHVmRHD1hW7gGaxUCvCmheiDuvX4Nm9fEM--dMMqQzYiGw/s320/AquilaAndRetiniueJuly03_2022_05.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;">Cloud had encroached onto the remaining photos and there were no more meteors.</span></div><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="clear: both; text-align: left;">July 2nd 2110 GMT Moon</h3><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I caught the Moon with my DSLR at 300mm focal length, ISO 100 and 1/250 seconds exposure.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIUldv0nwjOn_97nGiLsJ0-IRwvfCI5UkFUMWPoh34o51JGJDoomMtaDlf0veuKzO70D3SN9grnk8ZqGL6UESuuw0qxZl_8X6WqPJvkPfvw7jYYosuI2LalGawxTUURCYYRNw3gMeY4KU4Z5zgTRlyyBMmc8fAC4fsv3XuhY4SQ2Q9VMeQZ5Trg/s600/MoonJuly02_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="402" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitIUldv0nwjOn_97nGiLsJ0-IRwvfCI5UkFUMWPoh34o51JGJDoomMtaDlf0veuKzO70D3SN9grnk8ZqGL6UESuuw0qxZl_8X6WqPJvkPfvw7jYYosuI2LalGawxTUURCYYRNw3gMeY4KU4Z5zgTRlyyBMmc8fAC4fsv3XuhY4SQ2Q9VMeQZ5Trg/s320/MoonJuly02_2022.JPG" width="214" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><br /></h3><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 1st 2250 GMT Meteor Hunt and Constellations</h3><div>I repeated a failed shoot in late June where everything was out of focus. I used my normal settings. I aimed at Cassiopeia.</div><div><br /></div><div>At 2255 GMT, I caught a faint meteor near Cassiopeia.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVOeDn56eXBe058QGBhf7XBc508gFYCXLuR8M6uvEPetBwctIAY-LD-j66pTG5FRsWs4df0FDYahWNBlaiEmPtDg8M6-temkJksptgB0D4Wjpqk0WkBULRE-gB0O3mvJUJlRu8Qo7fvBs9PF6D2_RVJ0wujJhbylo9U4GZssfLBt2qHtu9SSazg/s2931/MeteorJuly01_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1781" data-original-width="2931" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibVOeDn56eXBe058QGBhf7XBc508gFYCXLuR8M6uvEPetBwctIAY-LD-j66pTG5FRsWs4df0FDYahWNBlaiEmPtDg8M6-temkJksptgB0D4Wjpqk0WkBULRE-gB0O3mvJUJlRu8Qo7fvBs9PF6D2_RVJ0wujJhbylo9U4GZssfLBt2qHtu9SSazg/s320/MeteorJuly01_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The first 30 of 40 frames caught Cepheus with Cassiopeia,<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLEvniW3CZpSUnzmJs93w6JJTDoa52PL9hqQ-__XM450yMo4e8PSOk_cCUsDnbnhh3CM5AvqyH7Dk6sDdBIG-YfYuTKQj-R110Usb8Z7mz_2c1iVjif_tlbrkwd-M5HsO_b6HU6ovwkF1uftd8vOevNnMLAn0_dJeY0ZIfpCUhMqtHL0biGF65w/s6016/CassioipeiaCepheusJuly02_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJLEvniW3CZpSUnzmJs93w6JJTDoa52PL9hqQ-__XM450yMo4e8PSOk_cCUsDnbnhh3CM5AvqyH7Dk6sDdBIG-YfYuTKQj-R110Usb8Z7mz_2c1iVjif_tlbrkwd-M5HsO_b6HU6ovwkF1uftd8vOevNnMLAn0_dJeY0ZIfpCUhMqtHL0biGF65w/s320/CassioipeiaCepheusJuly02_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The next set of frames was similar but the Andromeda Galaxy showed much better.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiH9_2oMRAEG_Wl2_4uIFjhNzRxjRIB3davMTF89CStXtscq_P4WPCq8kBsvnf54CaLgaZ_qVZvCUMPWeYkdJTCjqOGvHe4P_qxLyDLOH-T_a5hG3YuyFF_o8P97H4qGsqm_3EJF553VxBPn_eUIHtCP2cUaw0mCb4465FhRoZDnCxWcuWfgJZQ/s6016/CassioipeiaCepheusJuly02_2022_02.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBiH9_2oMRAEG_Wl2_4uIFjhNzRxjRIB3davMTF89CStXtscq_P4WPCq8kBsvnf54CaLgaZ_qVZvCUMPWeYkdJTCjqOGvHe4P_qxLyDLOH-T_a5hG3YuyFF_o8P97H4qGsqm_3EJF553VxBPn_eUIHtCP2cUaw0mCb4465FhRoZDnCxWcuWfgJZQ/s320/CassioipeiaCepheusJuly02_2022_02.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>... and the next one!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUIetzTBs2zJcaL8KuLQZ95Cb3HZfObKqfpNHEjy0m_fi8o4pIosDDtCWDCPqyQ3wHxMDhSCRaFwbWpebFUbtXZJsz4w5w0yDqHhbQofNLz3SzjNI0inrAwHt2vyfMQb5xqhXrTcdD5EbZ5PtxWIyzw0Yg9kV0DsaUWCBqUDjgi3UTPj-VWdRlcw/s6016/CassioipeiaCepheusJuly02_2022_03.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUIetzTBs2zJcaL8KuLQZ95Cb3HZfObKqfpNHEjy0m_fi8o4pIosDDtCWDCPqyQ3wHxMDhSCRaFwbWpebFUbtXZJsz4w5w0yDqHhbQofNLz3SzjNI0inrAwHt2vyfMQb5xqhXrTcdD5EbZ5PtxWIyzw0Yg9kV0DsaUWCBqUDjgi3UTPj-VWdRlcw/s320/CassioipeiaCepheusJuly02_2022_03.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>At 2326 GMT, I caught a short meteor trail.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvqnQex3ZzUKv1qGhyMTcObmNjtE4ePidAq6nWY0LNq3HMm3AQvFei0m5xPGN1eax9OjTdrvU-ArRezF5tuMAAyFbAEzzbXFouYPimR0YL1x8OIuT_jfanTPTXWQqVyiyUMNN3jE4nWdoRsMtAnWJhSPoi1qZnw1u5N_UbKia-hOG1mJq3S3cTdQ/s837/MeteorJuly02_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="837" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvqnQex3ZzUKv1qGhyMTcObmNjtE4ePidAq6nWY0LNq3HMm3AQvFei0m5xPGN1eax9OjTdrvU-ArRezF5tuMAAyFbAEzzbXFouYPimR0YL1x8OIuT_jfanTPTXWQqVyiyUMNN3jE4nWdoRsMtAnWJhSPoi1qZnw1u5N_UbKia-hOG1mJq3S3cTdQ/s320/MeteorJuly02_2022.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>The next set of frames were similar with Cepheus about to rotate off.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxq--iSKidqHD2X59MlKis5UesUbDCMLmAjH57btsqYLnUzQuMNapmdpOBFZQuiZTN0rk6JZzET8K7Gq9OYi0oUyfN_KT6V-X5vHYtonnahajN_Etfn1w3YrgQRQF_HLSuAxF9PIAW8ndvqCj8m456Wd4iOZJvXpIFwyaq4OpVxWlOyKYs1YXWg/s6016/CassioipeiaCepheusJuly02_2022_04.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioxq--iSKidqHD2X59MlKis5UesUbDCMLmAjH57btsqYLnUzQuMNapmdpOBFZQuiZTN0rk6JZzET8K7Gq9OYi0oUyfN_KT6V-X5vHYtonnahajN_Etfn1w3YrgQRQF_HLSuAxF9PIAW8ndvqCj8m456Wd4iOZJvXpIFwyaq4OpVxWlOyKYs1YXWg/s320/CassioipeiaCepheusJuly02_2022_04.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">In fact, Cepheus had not rotated off in the next set of frames.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebuGDBKwy5UU3YvZa3MC1Ty5z2AaTexuWkU5zn61-4gaigX5wJ7ro7GJFRsdx0KjY7EzpYH-_0bZlu5p17cV_b5P-kSNorDZddHkkHpzzrZO12RbjqXXu_szhloHUjR2Kl_X7GKF7Oj_oxhFV7KLWjy6ekbhznThU9ROmrU6O_shHMlwBky0lhA/s6016/CassioipeiaCepheusJuly02_2022_05.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="6016" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjebuGDBKwy5UU3YvZa3MC1Ty5z2AaTexuWkU5zn61-4gaigX5wJ7ro7GJFRsdx0KjY7EzpYH-_0bZlu5p17cV_b5P-kSNorDZddHkkHpzzrZO12RbjqXXu_szhloHUjR2Kl_X7GKF7Oj_oxhFV7KLWjy6ekbhznThU9ROmrU6O_shHMlwBky0lhA/s320/CassioipeiaCepheusJuly02_2022_05.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: left;">July 1<sup>st</sup> 2050 GMT Moon</h3><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">The thin waxing crescent moon hung low in
the north west after sunset. It was just about to disappear behind some trees
and I had to walk a few yards from our front door to see it. I used my DSLR at
300mm focal length, ISO 400 and 1/200 second exposure.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIvMOxugIwnjB8SqlyOuV7vCNT_YBDSY8gCeLC5fL-d5aAiZbAV5AKmXFO3-jsNH5obq3SPTxSTpad9U6xa1CP07bbnILfS01FitM4mF00YNMTavHWOI_C1sniIB-GXDOf2EuFjTMO4ZF0PyyOYnx_0ecR8DCRmzC75CuecB_uPqUXsPwgJhJ-A/s616/MoonJuly01_2022.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="522" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBIvMOxugIwnjB8SqlyOuV7vCNT_YBDSY8gCeLC5fL-d5aAiZbAV5AKmXFO3-jsNH5obq3SPTxSTpad9U6xa1CP07bbnILfS01FitM4mF00YNMTavHWOI_C1sniIB-GXDOf2EuFjTMO4ZF0PyyOYnx_0ecR8DCRmzC75CuecB_uPqUXsPwgJhJ-A/s320/MoonJuly01_2022.JPG" width="271" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p>
</p></div>Philip Pughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05247302142443640276noreply@blogger.com0